Course details
This Regulated Qualification is ideal for anyone wishing to become an emergency first aider. This provides learners with skills and knowledge to deal with first aid situations in low risk workplace environments for the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 and the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations (NI) 1982 purposes.
As this is a Regulated Qualification, an Employer who obtains training from our Approved Centre is not required to carry out any due diligence on the training provider in order to ensure the suitability of the training (HSE statement).
EMERGENCY FIRST AID AT WORK CURRICULUM INCLUDES:
Initial Care
- First Aid at Work Regulations and Rules
- Fears of First Aid
- Barriers
- Initial Assessment
- Unconscious Breathing and Recovery Position
Cardiac Problems
- The Heart, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attacks and CPR
- One Rescuer CPR
- Chest Only Compressions
- CPR Handover to a Second Rescuer
Other Primary Care First Aid Problems
- Adult Choking, Conscious and Unconscious
- Serious Bleeding Management and Wounds
- Shock
- Spinal Injury Management
- Burns and Scalds
- Anaphylactic Shock and Allergies
- Seizures and Epilepsy
IT COVERS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
- Understand the role and responsibilities of a first aider
- Be able to assess an incident
- Be able to manage an unresponsive casualty who is or not breathing normally
- Be able to recognise and assist a casualty who is choking
ASSESSMENT:
- The practical Learning Outcomes are assessed by observation.
- Multi Choice Questions (MCQ) for theory and underpinning knowledge.
To Awarded this qualification the Learner must 100% pass of the assessments carried out by observation together with a percentage pass in the MCQ paper.
CERTIFICATE
Learners who successfully complete this course will be awarded Level 2 Emergency First Aid at work Certificate (Ofqual Regulated), ID card and a training manual.
