This one day emergency first aid course is designed for those companies who have carried out a risk assessment and have decided NO first aider is required.

All organizations as a minimum requirement must appoint a person to take charge of first aid arrangements including looking after first aid equipment and facilities and calling the emergency services when required.

There should be an appointed person available to take control of all first aid arrangements at all times when people are at work.

By the end of the course the delegates will:

• Understand the role of the first aider including reference to the use of available equipment and the need for recording incidents and actions
• Understand the importance of basic hygiene in first aid procedures
• Assess the situation and circumstances in order to act safely, promptly and effectively in an emergency
• Demonstrate how to administer first aid safely, promptly and effectively to a casualty who is unconscious and / or in seizure;
• Demonstrate how to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation promptly and effectively
• Demonstrate how to administer first aid safely, promptly and effectively to a casualty who is wounded or bleeding and or / in shock
• Administer first aid safely, promptly and effectively to a casualty who is choking
• Provide first aid for minor injuries

All the above topics include relevant information to Adults, Children & Babies