First Aid at Work Requalifcation

FIRST AID AT WORK REFRESHER COURSE

Our courses are delivered by teams of trainers who couple their Paramedic and ‘Advanced Skills’ backgrounds with many years experience. This means you get value for money, highly relevant, professional and enjoyable training programmes brought alive with real-life situations.

And it means you don’t just get the theory, You’ll also get a practical, realistic and streetwise context that will keep you safe as you confidently handle any incident thrown at you.

This new course looks at the requirements to provide basic First Aid knowledge within an organisation. This course complies with the new requirements for First Aiders introuced on 1st October 2009 it refreshes and updates the First Aid skills of those who need to renew their First Aid at Work certificate and whose existing certificate is still valid.

If your First Aid at Work certificate has expired you are not eligible to attend this course.

Who should attend?

Any person who wishes to renew a valid First Aid at Work certificate. Delegates will need to supply a copy of their full certificate before attending this course

Benefits to you and your organisation

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

•Understand the duties of a First Aider in the workplace

•Understand the requirements of a First Aid kit

•Perform life saving techniques

Course contents:

•Dealing with accidents and illness

•Role of the First Aider

•Using a First Aid kit

•Record keeping

•Resuscitation

•Treatment of an unconscious casualty

•Choking

•Treatment of a heart attack

•Control of bleeding, Burns and scalds

•Poisoning

•Fractures and Shock

Duration: Two days

Course Ref No: OMS 003