First Aid at Work

Each student must demonstrate that they are able to:

• Assess the situation and circumstances in order to act safely, promptly and effectively with emergencies at work
• Use available first aid equipment, including the contents of a first aid box and AED
• Understand the duties of the first aider, employers and the legal framework
• Maintain simple factual records on what they have done with regard to any treatment or management of an emergency
• Recognise the importance of personal hygiene in first aid procedures
• Use an AED effectively with minimum interruptions

They must also be able to deal with a casualty who:

• Requires cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of an AED (practical)
• Is unconscious (including seizures)
• Is bleeding or wounded (including catastrophic bleeding )
• Is suffering from shock (practical)
• Is suffering from choking (practical)
• Is suffering from an injury to bones, muscles or joints
• Has sustained a head neck and spinal injury (practical)
• Has been burned or scalded
• Has an eye injury
• Has been overcome by gas or fumes
• May have been poisoned or exposed to a harmful substance

To equip the First Aider with a wide range of skills and knowledge so that he/she can competently look after an injured or ill person until the arrival of a more qualified person including the use of an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). Upon successful completion of this course, a Qualsafe approved First Aid at Work certificate will be awarded (valid for 3 years).