EMERGENCY FIRST AID AT WORK
1 DAY COURSE
This course is designed to give you the Practical knowledge (and a lot more) needed to complete the Emergency First Aid at Work course. This is a convenient and easy way for businesses to become First Aid compliant. This course is also an excellent annual refresher for the fully qualified FAW and EFAW courses to ensure you remain HSE compliant.
The course is delivered as it would be in a live environment only from the comfort of your home or office, giving learners the chance to ask questions and discuss real life situations with one of our experienced tutors.
Whilst every effort has been made to cover all eventualities and equip learners with the skillset to deal with an emergency situation should it arise, we always advise seeking immediate professional advice if you suspect a serious illness or injury.
The Authors have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information contained within the course, however this course is merely a guide and the Authors do not accept any liability or responsibility for any inaccuracies or for any mistreatment or misdiagnosis of any person, however caused.
The course material has been written by AD Training and development and added to by Darren Doak, Qualified tutor/assessor and Internal verifier, First Aid Trainer and founder of Virtual Health + Fitness in partnership with other Health + Safety, medical and first aid professionals.
If you have any queries concerning this course, please contact enrolments@virtualhf.co.uk
COURSE CONTENTS
- Action in an emergency
- Keep yourself safe
- Priorities of Treatment
- Preparing for an emergency
- Helpful information
- What to put in your First Aid kit
- Information to give the Emergency Services
- Role of the First Aider
- The Primary Survey – How to help in an Emergency
- Danger
- Response
- Airway
- Breathing
- Unresponsive and Breathing
- Recovery Position
- How to put someone into the Recovery position
- Secondary Survey
- Heart Attack and Angina
- Unconscious and not breathing
- Resuscitation
- Resuscitation – Child
- Hygiene during CPR
- Compression only Resuscitation
- Breathing Problems
- Choking
- How to help a Choking adult
- How to help a choking child
- How to help a choking baby
- Asthma
- Anaphylactic Shock
- Wounds and bleeding
- How to treat a bleeding wound
- Dressings
- Embedded objects
- How much blood can you afford to lose?
- Shock
- Treatment of Shock
- Symptoms of Shock
- Knocked out teeth
- Internal Bleeding
- Amputated parts
- Eye injuries
- Nose bleeds
- Types of Wounds
- Fainting
- Burns
- Poisoning
- Breaks, Sprains and Dislocations
- How do you know if they have broken a bone?
- Treatment for soft tissue injuries or possible closed fractures
- Types of Fractures
- When to call an ambulance
- Dislocation
- Bandaging
- Slings
- Head Injuries
- Spinal Injuries
- Spinal Injury Basics
- Major Crush injury – 15 minute rule
- Fitting / Seizures / Convulsions
- Medical conditions
- Useful advice
- Accident forms
