EMERGENCY FIRST AID AT WORK

Course Information

This 6 hour course will help you meet your regulatory requirements if a risk assessment indicates that first aid training covering emergency protocols only, is sufficient for your workplace. The course can be adapted to suit a particular audience and is ideal for lower risk businesses, in line with the Health and Safety UK (First Aid) regulations 1981.

INTRODUCTION

• The Definition of a First Aider

• The Aims of First Aid

• Rescuer Protection

• First Aid Kit

• Reporting Accidents

  
  

SAFETY & CASUALTY CARE

• Primary Survey

• Secondary Survey

• Chain of Survival

  
  

BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS)

• Primary Care and Recovery Position

• Adult Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

• Automated External Defibrillation (AED)

• Adult and Child Choking

• Types of Bleeding

• Bleeding Control

• Haemostatic Dressing Application

• Tourniquet Application

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MEDICAL CONDITIONS

• Shock

• Seizures and Epilepsy

MINOR FIRST AID                                

• Small Cuts, Grazes and Bites

• Bruises

• Small Splinters

• Nosebleeds

• Burns and Scalds