First Aid Training

What does the course include?

• Provide emergency first aid at work safely, promptly and effectively
• Understand the role of the first aider
• The importance of preventing cross infection
• The need for recording incidents and actions
• Use of available equipment
• Recognise the presence of major illness and provide first aid including cardio pulmonary resuscitation, heart attack, stroke, epilepsy, asthma and diabetes

Administer first aid to a casualty with:

• Injuries to bones, muscles & joints, including suspected spinal injuries
• Chest injuries, burns & scalds, eye injuries, sudden poisoning, anaphylactic shock

Administer first aid to a casualty who is:

• Unconscious (including seizure) choking, wounded and bleeding, suffering from shock
• Provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries (including small cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns & scalds, small splinters)