First Aid Courses
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Emergency First Aid at Work - FAA Level 3 Award - 1 dayList Item 1
All learners will have the skills and knowledge to provide the organisation with Emergency First Aider’s that can provide treatment to their casualties in a prompt, safe and effective manner.
Syllabus
A range of subjects are covered including:
• Responsibilities and reporting
• Assessment of the situation
• Dealing with an unresponsive casualty
• Basic hygiene in First Aid
• Burns
• Epilepsy
• Resuscitation
• Anatomy
• Minor injuries
• Bleeding control
• Choking
• Shock
Course Duration
6 contact hours in the classroom.
Numbers
A maximum of 12 learners.
Assessment:
No test required. Practical assessment is ongoing by the instructor.
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First Aid at Work Requalification - Level 3 : 2 day courseList Item 2
This 2-day First Aid at Work course is designed for those who currently hold a First Aid at Work qualification and are due to expire.
Syllabus:
A range of subjects are covered including:
- Legalities, responsibilities and reporting
- Heart attacks
- Dealing with an unresponsive casualty
- Eye injuries
- Fractures and spinal injuries
- Choking
- Control of bleeding
- Chest injuries
- Assessment of the situation
- Diabetes
- Shock (including Anaphylaxis)
- Asthma
- Head injuries
- Poisoning
- Sprains and strains
- Stroke
- Burns
- Epilepsy
- Resuscitation
- Bandaging
Course Duration:
6 contact hours per day in the classroom.
Numbers:
A maximum of 12 learners.
Assessment:
Practical assessments conducted throughout the course and written test papers each day.
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First Aid at Work - Level 3 : 3 day courseList Item 3
This course will give the participants a qualification to the highest level of First Aid, meeting the statutory requirements of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
Syllabus:
A range of subjects are covered in:
- Legalities, responsibilities and reporting
- Heart attacks
- Dealing with an unresponsive casualty
- Eye injuries
- Fractures and spinal injuries
- Choking
- Control of bleeding
- Chest injuries
- Assessment of the situation
- Diabetes
- Shock (including Anaphylaxis)
- Asthma
- Head injuries
- Poisoning
- Sprains and strains
- Stroke
- Burns
- Epilepsy
- Resuscitation
- Bandaging
Course Duration:
6 contact hours in the classroom, consisting of practical and theoretical activities.
Numbers:
A maximum of 12 learners.
Assessment:
Practical assessments conducted throughout the course and written test papers each day.
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Paediatric First Aid - Level 3: 1 or 2 dayList Item 4
This one-day Emergency Paediatric First Aid course has been designed for those who have an interest in child and infant basic life support.
If you have a professional interest, i.e. you are a child-minder or school teacher, etc, then this course partly fulfils the requirements of Ofsted,ESTYN and the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). Ofsted and the Early Years Foundation Stage require you to have 12 hours of paediatric first aid training, so the 2-Day Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid would be required to fulfil their requirements. This 6 hour qualification also makes up the first half of the 12-hour course.
Syllabus: A range of subjects are covered including:
- Responsibilities and reporting
- Resuscitation
- Dealing with an unresponsive casualty
- Minor injuries
- Assessment of the situation
- Epilepsy
- Wounds and bleeding
- Anaphylaxia and Shock
Course Duration:
6 contact hours in the classroom.
Numbers:
A maximum of 12 learners.
Assessment:
Practical assessments conducted throughout the course and written test papers each day.
