FIRST AID AT WORK (HSE APPROVED)

 

Introduction
A full Health and Safety Executive (HSE) approved First Aid at Work course, in accordance with the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.

Once qualified, holders of this First Aid at Work certificate can be used as First Aiders in the workplace in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. This course can be adapted to suit a particular audience, for example, clerical, engineering staff or Security Operatives. The First Aid at Work course is run over four days and includes both theory and practical sessions.

Who Will Benefit?
This course will benefit everyone who lacks any first aid knowledge, or desires to extend there understanding of first aid. This course also applies to anyone who requires qualification in view to becoming a first aider at work for their workplace, including job sectors such as clerical, engineering, teachers and front line Security Operatives.

Course Content
The course contains 15 modules, covering the following topics:

  • First Aid Priorities

  • Burns and Scalds

  • Managing Incidents

  • Heart Attacks

  • Basic Life Support

  • Eye Injuries

  • Examination of a Casualty

  • Dressings

  • Unconsciousness

  • Health and Saftey at Work Regulations

  • Control of Bleeding

  • Recording and Reporting

  • Bones and Fractures

  • First Aid Kits

  • Common Illnesses

Course Outcomes
On completion of this course, candidates will have achieved the required level of knowledge and understanding in the areas listed in the modules above. Candidates will be qualified with a Bluewings Award in First Aid at Work, valid for 3 years. This is a Government HSE (Health and Safety Executive) Approved award.

Assessment
The assessment is by way of a multiple choice examination and practical exercise which is assessed.
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Price
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