Emergency First Aid at Work

Emergency First Aid at Work at SCQF level 6 –  (1 day course)

This National work based qualification has been designed to provide an accredited and certificated award which will equip individuals with the skills and knowledge required to deal with a range of Emergencies requiring first aid in the workplace.

Course Syllabus

• • Role & Responsibilities of the First Aider
  • Risk of Infection to Self and Others
  • Importance of Consent
  • Accident Reporting
  • First Aid Equipment Identification & Safe use
  • Scene Survey & Primary Scene Survey
  • Open Airway & Check Breathing.
  • Place Casualty in Recovery Position.
  • Manage Casualty in Seizure.
  • How and When to Commence CPR
  • Process of CPR
  • Signs & Symptoms of Partial Blocked Airway.
  • How to Treat Choking Casualty.
  • Using AED.
  • Types of Bleeding and Control External Bleeding
  • How to Manage Catastrophic Blood Loss
  • Recognise and Treat Shock.
  • Small Cuts, Grazes and Bruises.
  • Minor Burns and Scalds
  • Small Splinters.
  • Assessment and Remediation.

Once they have successfully passed their training, candidates will receive a Qualsafe certificate.  This certificate is valid for 3 years from the date of award.  The holder (candidate) is a first-aider in terms of the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981.

Course runs 0830 until approx. 1600 with one hour of breaks.

For details of our next in centre course, please check our TRAINING UPDATE.

First Aid at Work

First Aid at Work at SCQF level 6 (customer site only) –  (3 day course)

Topics covered

• Adult resuscitation (CPR)
• Allergic reaction
• Asthma
• Bone, muscle and joint injuries
• Burns and scalds
• Chest pains
• Choking adult
• Communication and casualty care
• Defibrillator prompts and how to respond
• Defibrillator pad placement
• Low blood sugar
  Eye injuries
• Fainting
• Head injuries
• Hypothermia and heat stroke recognition and management
• Managing an emergency
• Minor and severe bleeding
• Poisons and what to do if someone has been poisoned
• Role of the first aider (including knowledge of health and safety regulations)
• Seizures
• Shock
• Spinal injuries
• Stroke
• Unresponsive adult

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the role and responsibilities of an emergency first aider.
• Know how to assess an incident.
• Manage an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally.
• Manage an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing normally.
• Recognise and assist a casualty who is choking.
• Manage a casualty who is in shock.
• Understand how to manage a casualty with a minor injury.

For more information or booking please call 01698 230 200 or via our Contact page.