First aid at work

Anyone wanting to become an accredited first aider or appointed person. Particularly appropriate to companies where HSE guidelines recommend a trained first aider qualified in first aid at work.

• The role of the first aider
• Contents of first aid kits (avoiding 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 and use of auto-injectors (Epipen)*
• Recognise the presence of major illness and provide appropriate first aid including heart attack and use of aspirin*, stroke, epilepsy, asthma & diabetes

* For courses in Northern Ireland, please note the syllabus does cover the use of aspirin for treatment of heart attacks and auto-injectors (Epipens) for treatment of anaphylactic shock. Additional training is required to be qualified to administer either of these forms of medication.