First Aid at Work (HSE Approved)

This 1-day course is designed to meet the requirements of the Health and Safety Executive and will include:

• Introduction
• The role of the first aider, including reference to the use of available equipment and the need for recording incidents and actions.
• The importance of basic hygiene in first aid procedures.
• Assessing the situation and circumstances, in order to act safely, promptly and effectively in an emergency.
• Administering first aid to a casualty who is unconscious and/or in seizure.
• Administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Administering first aid to a casualty who is wounded or bleeding and/or in shock.
• Administering first aid to a casualty who is choking.
• Providing appropriate first aid for minor injuries.
• Recognising the presence of major illness and applying general first aid principles in its management.
• Demonstrating first aid management of injuries to bones, burns and scalds, eye injuries and soft tissue injuries.