Basic First Aid

Employers have an obligation under the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 to make adequate and appropriate first aid provision for their workforce. The Health and Safety Executive recommend that someone is able to undertake first aid duties at all times when people are at work.

Communication and its vital role in First Aid, including calling for emergency assistance and casualty handover

• Risk assessment
• Duty of care
• Infection control
• Management of a scene where First Aid is required, including casualty assessment
• Management of choking
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• The Chain of Survival
• Recognising and managing signs of shock
• Management of bleeding
• Providing assistance with medical emergencies such as asthma
• The First Aid kit, its contents and how to use them
• Documentation in the workplace

Course start time 08.30

You are required to bring with you

• Pens.
• Paper.