Emergency First Aid at Work Courses (QA Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work)

The "Emergency First Aid at Work" course will give confidence and practice in the emergency life-saving techniques that are required in those first few minutes before professional help arrives, but does NOT include some conditions/injuries that may occur in the workplace, such as asthma, severe allergic reactions, sprains/strains/fractures (including spinal injuries), head injuries and strokes, chest pains (suspected heart attacks or angina), eye injuries, low blood sugar/diabetes, poisons. Where the first aid needs assessment shows that conditions/injuries such as these are likely to occur, the HSE advise that first aiders are trained in the management of these conditions via a full "First Aid at Work" course.

Course contents

The Emergency First Aid at Work course covers:

• Managing an incident, including emergency phone calls and record keeping/reporting of incidents
• Legislation the first aider needs to be familiar with
• How to prioritise patients (primary and secondary survey)
• Unresponsive, non-breathing adults (CPR)
• Unresponsive, breathing adults (Recovery position)
• Choking adults
• Serious and minor cuts/bleeding
• Clinical shock (blood volume loss)
• Minor burns
• Seizures

Course duration

6 hours tuition time (Guided learning hours) minimum, not including breaks (Total qualification time: 7 hours), typically over 1 day.

Certification

Certificates of competence will be issued following successful completion of this course by the learners. Assessment of the learners skills will be by continuous assessment by the trainer/assessor followed by a multiple choice assessment set by Qualsafe Awards as our awarding organisation.

Certificates are valid for 3 years, with the strong recommendation from the HSE that qualified Emergency First Aiders undergo annual refresher courses of at least three hours.

Please note that in order to be awarded a certificate of competence in this course, learners must be able to demonstrate that they are able to perform the relevant skills - it remains the employers responsibility to ensure that learners sent on this course with a view to becoming workplace Emergency First Aiders are physically and mentally fit to be able to perform the skills that may be required of them during their duties as an Emergency First Aider*.

Re-Qualification

Learners may re-qualify their Emergency First Aid at Work qualification by attending another Emergency First Aid at Work course.

Scheduled Courses and Booking

No public courses found in the next three months - sorry. Please ask us for details why, as this may be a problem with our databases rather than a real lack of courses.

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We offer courses in Hampshire, West Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire, Dorset, and further afield. We are based in Fareham, Hampshire.

* Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 - Guidance on Regulations", HSE Document L74, Regulation 3 - Section 55

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