Course Duration
A minimum of 18 hours (3 day course)
Certificate Validity
3 years
Course Description
This is a nationally recognised award for First Aid at Work (FAW). It satisfies the requirements of the regulatory body for First Aid - the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) if an organisations risk assessment deems the FAW to be appropriate. This is a more in depth course than the EFAW and provides an organisation with more highly trained personnel, who will be able to deal with an emergency situation with confidence in a prompt, safe and effective way.
Course Contents
- Legalities, responsibilities and reporting
- Assessment of the situation
- Dealing with an unresponsive casualty
- Automated External Defibrillation
- Resuscitation
- Heart attacks
- Choking
- Fractures and spinal injuries
- Control of bleeding
- Head injuries
- Shock
- Anaphylactic Shock
- Eye injuries
- Poisoning
- Chest injuries
- Strains
- Sprains
- Burns
- Asthma
- Diabetes
- Epilepsy
- Bandaging
- Tourniquets and Haemostatics (Optional)