Course Duration
A minimum of 12 hours (2 day course)
Certificate Validity
3 years
Course Description
For those who need to renew their First Aid at Work certificate. 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. All learners will update their first aid skills and be able 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
- Shock
- Anaphylactic Shock
- Choking
- Head injuries
- Fractures and spinal injuries
- Control of bleeding
- Chest injuries
- Eye injuries
- Poisoning
- Strains
- Sprains
- Burns
- Asthma
- Diabetes
- Epilepsy
- Bandaging
- Tourniquets and Haemostatics (Optional)