Practical First Aid

Overview

Course duration: 1 day.

The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require employers to provide adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities and personnel to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work.

Should your first aid risk assessment indicate that only an appointed person is required and not a qualified first-aider, then this course will meet the legal requirements.

HSE recommendations where an appointed person is required is that:

Ø       The workplace is LOW HAZARD e.g., office, shop, library and

Ø       That there are less than 25 employees 

OR

Ø       The workplace is HIGH HAZARD e.g. factory, warehouse and

Ø       That there are less than 5 employees

Under such circumstances the HSE recommends that the appointed person is trained in the emergency first aid covered in this course.

Is it right for me?

It is an ideal starter course for anyone interested in first aid for their personal development.

This comprehensive one-day first aid course is very practical and will require participants to demonstrate procedures on the floor. Suitable clothing such as trousers and flat shoes are recommended.

What will I learn?

By the end of the course delegates will be able to:

• Understand the role of the appointed person including reference to:
• The importance of preventing cross-infection
• The need for recording incidents and actions
• Use of available equipment
• Assess the situation and circumstances in order to act safely, promptly and effectively in an emergency
• Administer first aid to a casualty who is unconscious
• Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Administer first aid to a casualty who is choking
• Administer first aid to a casualty who is wounded and bleeding
• Administer first aid to a casualty who is suffering from shock
• Provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries (including cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds, small splinters)

What will it cover?

Insight into First Aid Legislation

• Health & Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (CoSHH) Regulations 2002
• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995

Managing an Incident

• Assessing the incident and situation
• Personal safety
• Contents of HSE approved First Aid Kit
• Priorities of First Aid

When to send for help

• Resuscitation Techniques
• Carrying out a primary assessment of a casualty
• Cardio – Pulmonary resuscitation in accordance with UK Resuscitation Council guidelines 2005
• Chain of Survival

Management of an Unconscious Casualty

• Carrying out a secondary assessment of a casualty
• Ensuring an open airway is maintained
• The Recovery Position

Management of Circulatory Disorders

• Recognition and treatment for shock
• Control of bleeding, dealing with minor wounds and foreign objects in a wound
• Recognition and treatment of a heart attack
• Recognition and treatment of a stroke

Management of Other Injuries and Conditions

• Recognition and treatment of a choking casualty
• Recognition and treatment of fractures
• Management of burns and scalds
• Management of miscellaneous conditions: asthma, epilepsy, anaphylactic shock and diabetes