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First Aid at Work
Our First Aid at Work course is taught by expert instructors with real experience and can be carried out at our training facility in Kent in the Southeast of the UK or at your site if the facilities are suitable. The cost for training at your site may vary.
OVERVIEW
Price Per Person: £231.00 + VAT
Length: 3 Days
Trainer to Delegate Ratio: 1:8
Location: Guardian Sheerness or On-Site
Certificate Validity: 3 Years
The aim of this course is to give delegates the required theoretical knowledge and practical skills through scenario-based training to administer safe and effective First Aid in their working environment in line with UK & European Resuscitation Council guidelines.
There is no prior learning required but students should be medically fit to carry out any of the techniques required.
Course Objectives:
- Understand the importance of carrying out First Aid in a safe manner, in accordance with the legislative requirements and UK & European Resuscitation Council guidelines
- Understand the role of the first aider, including reference to: the importance of preventing cross-infection; the need for recording incidents and actions; use of available equipment
- Assess a situation and circumstances to act safely, promptly and effectively in an emergency
- Administer first aid to a casualty who is unconscious (including seizure)
- Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of an automated external defibrillator
- Administer first aid to a casualty
- Who is choking
- Who is wounded and bleeding
- Who is suffering from shock
- With a chest injury
- With burns and scalds
- With an eye injury
- Suffering from sudden poisoning
- Suffering from anaphylactic shock
- Provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries (including small cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds, small splinters)
- Provide appropriate first aid for injuries to bones, muscles and joints, including suspected spinal injuries
- Recognise minor and major illnesses and injury and provide appropriate first aid (including heart attack, stroke, epilepsy, asthma, diabetes)
Participants Will Receive:
- Certificate lasting 3 years
- Direct support from the Guardian training team and Guardian Fall customer service
Important Information:
Health:
All personnel participating in Safety Training shall be medically fit and capable of fully participating. Delegates will be required to sign a statement stating that they are medically fit to participate in safety training and that they do not suffer from any medical illness or are under the influence of any narcotic substance or alcohol.
Equipment:
Comfortable clothing for classroom theory & practical exercises
Documents Required:
Photo ID
Industries:
Not industry specific.
Compliance:
Health and Safety (first aid) Regulations 1981
Local amenities
Guardian Training Academy - Sheerness, Kent, UK
Queen Phillipa Bed & Breakfast
Queen Phillipa High St, Queenborough, Kent, ME11 5AQ
View on Google Maps01795 228 756
First Aid at Work
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