Emergency First Aid at Work

Duration: 6 hours or 1 day;
Certificate: Valid for 3 years.
Accreditation: This is an Ofqual-regulated qualification.

Your venue:

We can come to your venue to deliver a first aid course for your staff.

Please contact us and we will send you our costs and available dates. If you prefer a certain date, please let us know.

Class size:

Maximum of 12 participants for each course.
For group booking, you can book from a minimum of 4 up to 12 participants.

This 1-day Emergency First Aid at Work course is suitable for people 14 years old and above who may need to provide first aid in the workplace to respond to accidents, injuries or illnesses.

Learners who have successfully completed this course becomes a qualified First Aider in the workplace.

Course Content:

Learners develop first aid skills and confidence to do the following:

• provide first aid to a casualty who is unresponsive but breathing;
• provide first aid to a casualty who is unresponsive and not breathing;
• Learners learn when and how to safely use an automated external defibrillator (AED).
• Learners learn how to assess an incident and prioritise treatment.

Learners learn how to provide first aid to a casualty with

• external bleeding,
• casualty suffering from shock, choking;
• minor injuries such as small cuts, grazes, bruises, small splinters;
• casualty with minor burns and scalds
• those suffering from seizure

This one-day course equips you with skills to deal with life-threatening and non-life-threatening situations.

Certificates are valid for 3 years. Our courses are accredited and recognised throughout the UK.

This course is based on UK Resuscitation Guidelines, regulated by Ofqual and accredited by leading Awarding Bodies such as Qualsafe, Highfiwld and Qualifications Network UK.

You will be assessed throughout using Q&A, practical exercises, written test. Teaching method is relaxed designed to create a conducive learning atmosphere for various learning styles. Learners are encouraged not to feel awkward to ask questions- no question is silly- every question helps the learning process smoother.

The Awarding Body requires that

• each learner must be able to understand, speak and write in English.
• each learner must be able to kneel on the floor when performing the practical exercises such as CPR and recovery position.

Although EFAW is focused on first aid for adults, first aid for children is mentioned to illustrate the similarities and differences.

Combined one-day Emergency First Aid at Work and one-day Emergency Paediatric First Aid course

If you work with children as well as adults, this one-day Emergency First Aid at work course can be combined with the 1-day Emergency Paediatric First Aid course in one day. In order to cover all topics of both courses, one hour is added. Learners on the combined EFAW / Emergency Paediatric course will receive 2 accredited certificates: one for Emergency First Aid at Work, second for Emergency Paediatric First Aid course.

E-certificates are issued within 3 working days after you have successfully completed the course.

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