This 3 day First Aid at Work (FAW) course is ideal for businesses whose risk assessment has identified they require a fully trained first aider for their workplace or have more than 50 employees.
Course topics
• The role and responsibilities of a first aider
• How to plan for and deal with a First Aid Emergency
• Reporting of accidents and incidents
• Knowledge of health and safety regulation
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)
• Recovery position
• Primary and secondary survey
• Adult, Infant and Child resuscitation (CPR)
• Chest pains, heart attack and angina
• Safe Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) use and pad placement adaptions for children
• Allergic reaction
• Anaphylactic shock and how to administer an auto injector. (EpiPen, Jext, Emerade)
• Asthma
• Bone, muscle and joint injuries
• Burns and scalds,
• Choking
• Eye injuries
• Fainting
• Head injuries
• Diabetic emergencies
• Minor and severe bleeding
• Poisons
• Seizures
• Shock
• Spinal injuries
• Chest injuries
• Stroke
• Electrical Injury
