First Aid at Work - 3 day Course

The course is delivered to a maximum of 12 people and everyone will receive a course book and materials. By the end of the course, successful candidates will be able to:

• Understand the role and responsibility of a first aider.

• Assess an incident including conducting a primary survey.

• Help a casualty who is unresponsive and breathing normally.

• Carry out a secondary survey.

• Help a casualty who is having a seizure.

• Help a casualty who is unresponsive and NOT breathing normally.

• Administer CPR including using a defibrillator.

• Recognise and assist a casualty who is choking.

• Help a casualty who is wounded and bleeding.

• Recognise and help a casualty who is in shock.

• Help a casualty with a minor injury.

• Help a casualty with injuries to bones, muscles and joints

• Help a casualty with suspected head and spinal injuries.

• Administer first aid to a casualty with a suspected chest injury.

• Help a casualty with burns and scalds.

• Help a casualty with an eye injury.

• Administer first aid to a casualty who has been poisoned.

• Help a casualty suffering from anaphylaxis.

• Help a casualty with suspected major illness – including:

o Heart Attack

o Stroke

o Epilepsy

o Asthma

o Diabetes

Certification is dependent on successful continuous assessment of the student. Those students who successfully complete the course and are deemed to have reached the required standard are issued with a certificate that is valid for three years.

The 3 day First Aid at Work certified course is our most comprehensive and thorough. It is suitable to give first aiders in most workplaces the skills to become a confident first aider at work.

Courses can be delivered in the Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire area.