Practical First Aid
Emergency First Aid at Work – EFAW
Full HSE Syllabus Regulated Through Qualsafe Awards
Time: 6 hours plus breaks
Prices from: £159.00
Blended option available
- People responsible for First Aid cover for Businesses of up to 50 employees
- Larger or complex risk businesses looking to increase support for qualified FAW staff
- Anyone requiring a regulated First Aid training qualification
- Sports Professionals and Personal Trainers (including Football Association, Rugby, Sailing, Hockey)
- Charities & Local Authorities
- Children & Youth organisations
- Builders & Construction
- Beauty, Retail & Hospitality
- Home Carers, Care Homes & Foster Carers needing a regulated qualification
- Heath professionals
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.
Content
- 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.
One day – 6 hours.
Continuous assessment by trainer, practical assessments to cover wound management, care of an unconscious casualty, CPR and a multiple choice paper.
Ofqual Approved Level 3 Certification through Qualsafe Awards – valid for 3 years.
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Summary:
Our Level 3 Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) course is taught by highly experienced medical, health, emergency services professionals and military medics. It is fully-regulated through Qualsafe Awards, Ofqual and the RQF framework. The EFAW course is relaxed, engaging and fun. During the course you will be assessed undertaking the practical elements and will also have a short multiple choice assessment. You will receive an externally awarded Ofqual Certificate, valid for 3 years which also awards verifiable CPD.
Our course covers the full HSE syllabus, plus:
- Heart attack
- Head and spinal injuries
- Asthma
- Anaphylaxis and acute allergic reaction
First Aid for Life trainers are experienced health and emergency services professionals and will tailor the training to your needs, ensuring it is relevant for your work. The course takes 6 hours plus breaks and extra time for additional topics.
Details:
This course is suitable for workplaces with up to 50 employees and recommended for larger businesses and those with more complex risks to support personnel with the 3 day First Aid at Work (FAW) qualification.
The one day EFAW is also available as a blended option, enabling you to do 2 hours pre-learning online and complete the practical element in 4 hours, plus breaks and additional time for extra topics.
Our award-winning interactive e-learning can be done on any computer or mobile device. You can start and stop the course as you like, and have access to it for a full year. It is written in clear English and is ideal for people with English as a second language to help familiarise themselves with the vocabulary on the practical course.
