The Emergency First Aid at Work course can be adapted to suit a particular audience and is ideal for lower risk businesses, in line with the Health and Safety (First Aid) regulations 1981. This is a one day course.

This is course is suitable for anyone over the age of 16 who may need first aid skills.

Course Content

First Aid Priorities

Managing Incidents

Basic Life Support

AED

Examination of a Casualty

Unconsciousness

Control of Bleeding

Burns and Scalds

Regulations

First Aid Kits

Recording and Reporting

Assessment & Certification

Certification is dependent on successful continuous assessment of the student, there is no final exam. Those students who complete the course and are deemed to have reached the required standard are issued with a certificate that is valid for three years. Under the current guidelines it is strongly recommended that first aid trained staff attend a half-day update every twelve months.