At a glance…
Training (with Assessment) Competence
Introduction
Overview in brief
You will learn the basic skills and knowledge of first aid, so you can administer simple but sometimes life-saving techniques in the workplace.
The basics needed to provide first aid in the workplace for minor incidents or until medical professionals arrive.
- Understand the role and responsibilities of a first aider
- Assess an incident
- Provide first aid to an unresponsive casualty
- Provide first aid to a casualty with external bleeding
- Provide first aid to a casualty who is in shock
- Manage a casualty with minor injuries.
The finer details
This is a three-day theory and practical course which will give you the time to learn the basic skills and techniques of first aid.
There will be assessment and a certificate of training, plus you will be given a workbook to keep handy as a useful reference guide.
Course sessions:
- Resuscitation
- Unconsciousness
- Airway and breathing problems
- Circulation problems
- Wounds and bleeding
- Burns and scalds
- Injuries to bones, muscles, and joints
- Other serious conditions.
Worth noting: First aid at work certificates are valid for three years and a two-day qualification course must be carried out within one month of expiry. Don’t leave it any longer or you’ll have to take a full first aid at work course
This course is ideal for you if you work in any industry and need to ensure that you have the relevant training to carry out first aid.
The basics needed to provide first aid in the workplace for minor incidents or until medical professionals arrive.
- Understand the role and responsibilities of a first aider
- Assess an incident
- Provide first aid to an unresponsive casualty
- Provide first aid to a casualty with external bleeding
- Provide first aid to a casualty who is in shock
- Manage a casualty with minor injuries.