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Qualsafe Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work Requalification (RQF)

Over a 2-day period, learners will leave with a renewed confidence having had the opportunity to practise essential first aid procedures, including: managing an unresponsive casualty, recovery position, CPR, choking and more.

Suitable for: Those whose Qualsafe Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work (RQF) qualification is about to expire and requires requalification.

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Aims & Objectives

Aim

Refresh 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

Learn the role, responsibilities of a first responder
Understand infection control, consent, and incident reporting
Conduct Scene surveys, including primary and secondary surveys
Be able to call for help and collect information needed
Understand how to respond to an unresponsive casualty who isn’t breathing normally, including CPR and AED
Understand how to respond to an unconscious casualty breathing normally, including the management of a seizure
Recognition, treatment and practical assessment of:

– Choking

– Seizure

– Shock

– External bleeding

– Poisons

– Stroke

– Heart attack

– Anaphylaxis

– Chest injuries

– Asthma (including hyperventilation)

– Head and spinal injuries

– Eye injuries

– Burns and scalds

– Epilepsy and diabetes

– Fractures, dislocations, sprains and strains

– Minor injuries (Small cuts, grazes, bumps and bruises, small splinters, minor burns/scalds and nosebleeds)

Prerequisite

Delegates must hold an in-date Qualsafe Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work (RQF) qualification, and must be willing to provide evidence of this prior to the commencement of the course.

Course certification

Final assessment will be through observation and one MCQ paper.

Qualification

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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Qualsafe Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work (RQF)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course delegates should be able to:

Identify the role and responsibilities of a first aider
Identify how to minimise the risk of infection to self and others
Identify the need for consent to provide first aid
Conduct a scene survey
Conduct a primary survey of a casualty
Summon appropriate assistance when necessary
Identify when to administer Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Demonstrate adult CPR using a manikin
Identify when to place a casualty into the recovery position
Demonstrate how to place a casualty into the recovery position
Demonstrate continual monitoring of breathing whilst the casualty is in the recovery position
Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty who is experiencing a seizure
Identify when a casualty is choking
Demonstrate how to administer first aid to a casualty who is choking
Recognise when a casualty is suffering from shock
Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty who is suffering from shock
Identify whether external bleeding is life threatening
Demonstrate how to administer first aid to a casualty with external bleeding
Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty with (small cuts, grazes, bruises, small splinters and nosebleeds)
Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty with minor burns and scalds
Identify when to pack a wound
Identify when to apply a tourniquet
Demonstrate how to control catastrophic bleeding

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Cost

£120.00 (including VAT)

Time

9:30am – 4:30pm

Duration

2 days

Location

Kingsbridge Training Academy
10 Falcon Way, Boucher Road,
Belfast, BT12 6SQ

Accredited by

3 Level 3 Award

Course available in-house

Call 028 9073 5273 or email us