Candidates successfully completing this course will be entitled to act as a first aider in the workplace. This Emergency First Aid at Work course may be more suitable whereby a needs assessment has identified a low-risk work environment. This course complies with the Health & Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 (Appendix 6 Content of an Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) Course)
Note: The Emergency First Aid at Work course is Unit1 and Day1 of the First Aid at Work 3 Day course
Course Content:
In accordance with Appendix 6 H&S (First-Aid) Regulations 1981
- roles and responsibilities of a first aider;
- cross infection;
- recording incidents & actions;
- use of available equipment;
- assessing an incident;
- unconscious casualties (including seizure);
- cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
- Safe use of an Automated External Defibrillator
- choking;
- Wounds and bleeding;
- Shock;
- minor injuries (including small cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds, small splinters);
