Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work (RQF)

Course Duration: 1 day

The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require employers to provide suitable first-aid equipment, facilities and personnel to enable immediate assistance to be given to employees if they are injured or become ill at work.

Course Content:

• Role of a First Aider

• Hygiene Measures

• Recording incidents and actions

• Assess the situation and how to act safely, promptly and effictively in an emergency

• Administer first aid to an unconscious casualty ( including a seizure)

• Administer Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

• Adminster first aid to a casualty who is choking

• Adminster first aid to a casualty who is wounded and bleeding

• Adminster first aid to a casualty who is suffering from shock

• Provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries (including small cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds, small splinters)

Level 3 Award In First Aid at Work (RQF)

Course Duration: 3 days

Course Overview:

In accordance with the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.

Once qualified, holders of this First Aid at Work certificate can be used as First Aiders in the workplace in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. This course can be adapted to suit a particular audience. The First Aid at Work course is run over three days and includes both theory and practical sessions.

Course Content:

• Role of a First Aider

• Hygiene Measures

• Recording incidents and actions

• Assess the situation and how to act safely, promptly and effectively in an emergency

• Recognition and appropriate treatment of:

• An unconscious casualty (breathing and non breathing)

• A casualty who is choking

• A casualty who is wounded and bleeding

• A casualty who is suffering from shock

• Injuries to bones, muscles and joints, including suspected spinal injuries

• Chest injuries

• Burns and scalds

• Eye injuries

• Sudden poisoning

• Anaphylactic shock

• Heart, Stroke, Epilepsy, Asthma and Diabetes

Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid (RQF)

Course Duration: 1 day

Course Overview:

This qualification is designed for individuals wishing to gain the knowledge and skills required to enable them to provide effective emergency paediatric first aid. It is ideal for pre-school or nursery staff, toddler group volunteers and childminders. It is also suitable for parents, relatives and foster carers.

Course Content:

• The roles and responsibilities of a paediatric first-aider

• Assessing an emergency situation safely
  CPR and AED

• Administering first aid to a choking infant or child

• Putting a casualty into the recovery position

• Dealing with shock, bleeds, bites, stings and minor injuries

Paediatric First Aid and Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid (RQF)

Course Duration: 2 days

Course Overview:

The objective of this qualification is to support learners wishing to become a paediatric first-aider in the workplace with a responsibility for the welfare of infants and children.

Course Content:

• The roles and responsibilities of a paediatric first-aider

• Assessing an emergency situation safely CPR and AED

• Administering first aid to a choking infant or child

• Dealing with shock, bleeds, bites, stings and minor injuries

• Dealing with casualties with fractures, and spinal or head injuries