First Aid for the Beauty industry is a First Aid course tailored to the needs of Beauty Therapists, Aesthetic Practitioners, Hairdressers and other allied professions. As Professionals in this industry it is vitally important that you are ready with the skills and confidence to help you clients immediately should something go wrong and be able to help them promptly and appropriately if they experience a medical emergency at your premises.
First Aid for Life is an Award Winning fully regulated First Aid Training provider, our trainers are highly experienced medical and emergency services professionals who will tailor the training to your needs.
You have a duty of care to your staff to ensure that there is appropriate First Aid cover for their needs and we will help to ensure that you are prepared for all the most likely eventualities. Our accredited First Aid course will fulfil the HSE requirements for a First Aider on your premises.
We are also more than happy to include Baby first aid and Child First Aid if relevant to your salon.
- Those working in the Beauty Industry, Aesthetic Practitioners and hair stylists needing to be first aiders in their business.
Every course is tailored to the needs of those attending – please let us know if there are particular areas you need us to cover.
By the end of the course you will have learnt:
- Prioritising injuries and action in an emergency.
- How to provide immediate medical care in an emergency.
- How to assess if someone is unconscious, whether or not they are breathing and how and when to put them into the recovery position or start CPR.
- We will cover common accidents and injuries relevant to your industry and empower you with the skills and confidence to provide an immediate and appropriate first aid response.
- Baby first aid and Child First Aid are included and we will always tailor the course to the requirements of your work.
- Managing an incident
- Priorities of First Aid
- Treatment of an unconscious adult, baby and child who is breathing – recovery position
- Treatment of an unconscious adult, baby or child who is not breathing – CPR
- Importance of a defibrillator and how to use an AED*
- Heart Attack and Angina*
- Stroke
- Choking
- Shock
- Bleeding – grazes, splinters, embedded objects, amputated parts, knocked out teeth, mouth injury, eye injury, bruising, nose bleeds, objects in eyes, ears, nose…
- Burns and scalds
- Head injuries, concussion, compression & skull fracture *
- Spinal injuries*
- Breaks, soft tissue injuries & dislocations *
- Anaphylactic shock and acute allergic reaction
- Fitting and seizures
- First Aid Kits
- The aftermath, accident forms…
* Head and spinal injuries, Heart Attacks, breaks & soft tissue injuries are not included within the HSE first aid syllabus but are incorporated into our course. Extra time is added to include these additional topics.
Continuous assessment by trainer, practical assessments to cover wound management, care of an unconscious casualty, CPR and a multiple choice paper.
Ofqual Approved Certification through Qualsafe Awards is valid for 3 years.
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Emergency First Aid 3 hour course
Our Emergency First Aid course is suitable for anyone wishing to gain invaluable basic first aid skills in order to know how to respond in an emergency. The 3 hour course covers adult, baby and child first aid and can be tailored to your requirements, be they for work or for your personal life.
First Aid for Life trainers are experienced health and emergency services professionals and will tailor the training to your needs in a friendly and knowledgeable manner.
Online Beauty First Aid Course
Group Courses
For group courses: we would be delighted to run a specific First Aid for Beauty Therapists course at a time and place to suit you, tailored to your specific needs.
Group Courses
For group courses: we would be delighted to run a specific First Aid for Beauty Therapists course at a time and place to suit you, tailored to your specific needs.
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