FIRST AID AT WORK

3 Days

The First Aid at Work course (FAW) is 3 days of training suitable for higher hazard workplaces such as construction sites and factories or workplaces with more than 50 employees.

Certificates are valid for 3 years. No previous first aid experience is required to attend.

It is strongly recommended by the HSE that candidates undergo an annual refresher in the years before FAW requalification is required in order to keep your skills updated.

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Course Timings

09:00 - 16:00 each day.

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Course Content

• Safe best practice - minimise the risk if infection

• Record keeping – recording accidents, RIDDOR, First Aid kits, disposing safely of clinical waste

• Awareness of current regulations

• Vital Signs – breathing, level of consciousness, temperature, colour

• Incident Management – a systematic approach to managing first aid incidents

• Airway Management – causes and treatment of unconscious collapse

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

• Safe Use of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator)

• Breathing Problems - choking

• Circulation Problems – controlling external bleeding and treatment for shock

• Minor Injuries - small cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds, small splinters 

• Major Injuries - injuries to bones including suspected spinal injuries, chest injuries

• Major burns and scalds

• Eye injuries - including how to irrigate an eye

• Sudden poisoning and anaphylactic shock

• Soft tissue injuries

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Course Certificate

Candidates who successfully complete this workplace first aid course will receive an Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work' qualification. The first aid certificate is valid for 3 years.

This course is assessed using tutor observation of practical competency. In order to pass the course attendees are required to take a full and active part in practising all of the procedures and protocols taught. This provides the necessary continual assessment opportunities.  There are no written exam papers.

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Cost

£150 per person

Minimum 3 people

All delegates receive a training pack and course manual.