Is Your Workplace Prepared?
The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 require all employers to make arrangements to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work. This includes carrying out a risk assessment, appointing a suitable amount of first aiders and providing appropriate first aid training. However, having the correct first aid provision in the workplace is not just a legal requirement, it is incredibly important for the safety of all members of staff!
The Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work qualification is specifically designed for individuals who work within an environment with an increased risk (such as a workshop or factory setting), and who wish to act as a first aider in their workplace. Successful candidates will learn how to manage a range of injuries and illnesses that could occur at work and will be equipped with the essential skills needed to give emergency first aid.
What’s more, as a regulated qualification, employers can book this course for their employees and rest assured that they have fulfilled their legal responsibilities for providing quality first aid training, without having to undertake any lengthy due diligence checks.
PLEASE NOTE: If your First Aid at Work certificate is due to expire and you wish to continue acting as a first aider, you are required to renew your qualification before expiry. This can be achieved by attending a 2 day re-qualification course, get in touch for more details.
What’s Covered?
- The role and responsibilities of a first aider
- Assessing an incident
- Managing an unresponsive casualty
- CPR and defibrillation
- Recovery position
- Heart attack
- Stroke
- Choking
- Epilepsy
- Asthma
- Diabetes
- Anaphylaxis
- Shock
- Head and spinal injuries
- Chest injuries
- Wounds and bleeding
- Fractures
- Sprains, strains and dislocations
- Minor injuries
- Burns and scalds
- Poisoning
- Eye injuries