First aid at work (1 day a week)

Suitable for people 18 years and over, this course is the perfect solution for companies and staff who need a flexible way to achieve an accredited qualification in first aid at work.

• The role of the first aider
• Contents of first aid kits (avoid cross infection)
• Recording of incidents and accidents
• Assessing the situation in an emergency
• Administer first aid to a casualty who;
• is unconscious (including seizures)
• requires cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• is choking
• is wounded or bleeding
• is in shock
• has minor conditions - to include: minor cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds, small splinters
• Administer first aid to a casualty with;
• injuries to bones, muscles, joints including suspected spinal injury
• sudden poisoning
• burns and scalds
• eye injuries
• anaphylactic shock
• Recognise the presence of major illness and provide appropriate first aid including heart attack*, stroke, epilepsy, asthma & diabetes (*aspirin administration)