First Aid at Work Refresher: 25th May 2015

First Aid at Work Refresher

Aim

 An annual First Aid refresher course designed to enable the delegate to renew and update the necessary skills to meet HSE recommendations.

Objective

By the end of the course delegates will have refreshed their skills to provide emergency first aid at work, recognise the presence of major illness and provide appropriate first aid including heart attack, stroke, epilepsy, asthma and diabetes. Administer first aid to a casualty with injuries to chest, eye, bones, muscles and joints, including suspected spinal injuries. Burns scalds sudden poisoning and anaphylactic shock.

Who Should Attend

This course is for employees who require their annual update of their First Aid qualification.

Course Contents

Primary Survey

Introduction to DRABC

CPR

The Unresponsive Casualty who is not Breathing Normally

Unconscious Casualty

Recovery position

Manage a Casualty in Seizure

External Bleeding and Shock

Treatment of bleeding and the casualty in shock

As a result of successful completion of the training programme, delegates will receive certification from Qualsafe. Awards

Maximum Number of Delegates: 12 per Instructor

Course duration 3 hours