Emergency First Aid Training
- Employers must provide emergency first aid cover for employees.
- Selecting an "appointed person" requires specific skills.
- Course focuses on communication, resuscitation, and emergency treatment.
- Skills taught include treating unconscious casualties and controlling bleeding.
- Training covers CPR, shock, burns, and wound treatment.
Overview
This one-day course focuses on providing emergency first aid cover in the workplace, as required by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The course emphasizes selecting individuals with specific qualities as "appointed persons" under the HSE regulations. Key benefits include developing communication and delegation skills in emergencies, resuscitation techniques, treatment of unconscious casualties, and managing various medical emergencies such as heart attacks, shock, bleeding, wounds, and burns.
Who should attend
Appointed Persons
Course Content
Course duration: 1 Day
Cost: £125 + VAT
Course Overview
People at work can suffer injuries or fall ill. It doesn’t matter whether the injury or the illness is caused by the work they do or not. It is a legal requirement under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 that employers have made arrangements for emergency first aid cover to be available to employees at all times.
Prerequisites
Under HSE (First Aid) at Work regulations 1981, an employer when selecting someone to take up the roll of an “appointed person” should take into account the following factors:-
reliability, disposition and communication skills
aptitude and ability to absorb new knowledge and learn new skills
ability to cope with stressful and physically demanding emergency procedures
normal duties. These should be such that they may be left to go immediately and rapidly to an emergency.
Key Benefits
Communication and delegation in an emergency
Resuscitation skills
Treatment of unconscious casualties and recovery position
Heart attack – CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Casualty)
Fainting
Shock
Control of bleeding
Treatment of wounds
Burns (including corrosive chemical injuries)
