First Aid at Work Training
Employers have a legal duty to make arrangements to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work. First aid can save lives and prevent minor injuries becoming major. The aim of first aid training is to reduce the effects of injury or illness suffered at work, whether caused by the work itself or not.
Emergency First Aid at Work Training
Emergency First Aid at Work training is a 1 day course training the delegate in basic life support, management of the unconscious patient, a choking patient and a bleeding victim. On completion of training, successful candidates should be able to administer first aid to:
- the casualty who is unconscious (including seizure)
- the casualty who is choking
- the casualty who is wounded or bleeding
- the casualty who is suffering with shock
- provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries
Annual First Aid Refresher Courses
HSE strongly recommends that first aiders undertake annual refresher training which will help qualified first aiders maintain their basic skills and keep up to date with any changes to first aid procedures. This is a ½ day course and on completion of training, successful candidates should be able to demonstrate their competence to:
- assess the situation in an emergency
- administer first aid to a casualty who is unconscious (including seizure)
- administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- administer first aid to the casualty who is wounded and bleeding
- administer first aid to a casualty who is suffering from shock
- assess the situation in an emergency
