First Aid at Work

• roles and responsibilities of a first aider;
• assessing an incident;
• recording incidents, RIDDOR, Product Data Sheets
• assessing an incident;
• unconscious casualties (including seizure);
• cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
• Safe use of an Automated External Defibrillator
• choking;
• Wounds and bleeding;
• Shock;
• minor injuries (including small cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds, small splinters);
• secondary survey;
• injuries to bones, joints and muscles (including spinal injuries);
• suspected head and spinal injuries;
• chest injuries;
• burns and scalds;
• eye injuries;
• sudden poisoning;
• anaphylaxis;
• major illnesses (heart attack, stroke, epilepsy, asthma & diabetes);
• serious bleeding including:
  • embedded objects;
  • sucking chest wound;
  • amputations;

Successful candidates will be awarded the Level 3 First Aid at Work certificate valid for 3 years.

Decisive First Aid is an approved training centre with ITC First Aid.

Duration: three days (18 hours)
Group size: Maximum of 12 Candidates per 1 Trainer/Assessor
Assessment method: Activities, test paper, practical assessment
Pre-requisite: None