Product Details

Course Category: FIRST AID

Course Name: Level 3 Award In Emergency First Aid At Work (1 Day)

Course Duration: one-day programme

Designed For: first aiders in lower-risk work environments

Course Description

Training for first aiders in low-risk work environments

Who is this course for?

This course is suitable for first aiders in low-risk work environments. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recommends that all first aiders undertake an annual refresher course. First aiders must re-qualify every three years.

Course overview:

This course outlines the skills required for first aiders in lower-risk workplaces to manage first aid situations calmly and confidently. The course introduces candidates to:

• roles and responsibilities of a first aider

• legal requirements for first aid provision

• how to assess and manage a first aid incident

• importance of accurate incident reporting

• first aid equipment and how to use it safely

• need to minimise the risk of infection

• undertaking a primary survey

• cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and using automated external defibrillators

• how to manage the following:

  • unconscious casualty

  • casualty not breathing normally

  • casualty who is choking

  • bleeding injury

  • casualty in shock

• when and how to call for help

Course duration: one day, 10am to 5pm

Assessment

This qualification is assessed through a practical demonstration and written/oral questioning. The practical assessment will include: recovery position, CPR, choking, bleeding and shock.

COURSE FEE £99 PER CANDIDATE

(DISCOUNT AVAILABLE FOR GROUP BOOKINGS)