Aim
Gain the knowledge and practical competencies needed to deal with a range of first aid situations and/or take on the role of the first aider in the workplace.
Objectives
- Outline the role and responsibilities of a first aider
- Identify how to assess an incident
- Outline and demonstrate how to provide first aid to:
– an unresponsive/unconscious casualty
– a casualty who is choking
– a casualty with external bleeding
– a casualty who is in shock
– a casualty with burns/scalds
– a casualty with an eye injury
– a casualty with suspected poisoning
– a casualty with suspected major illnesses
- Outline The Secondary Survey
- Discuss injuries to bones, muscles and joints
- Discuss suspected head and spinal injuries
- Discuss suspected chest injuries
Course certification: Final assessment will be through observation and one MCQ paper.
Upon successful completion of the course delegates will receive a Qualsafe Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work (RQF) approved for the purpose of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 and 1982 (NI), which is valid for 3 years. Once the qualification has expired, or is due to expire, the learner is required to undertake a refresher course, or the full course again, in order to maintain the qualification.
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At the end of the course delegates should be able to:
- Understand their role as a first aider and their responsibilities to the workforce
- Quickly and accurately assess an incident and prioritise their response
- Identify and demonstrate how to treat an unresponsive casualty and a casualty who is choking
- Demonstrate how to treat external bleeding and a range of major illnesses
- Recognise a casualty who is in shock and demonstrate how you would respond to that situation