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This comprehensive First Aid at Work (FAW) course equips individuals with the knowledge and practical skills needed to act as qualified first aiders within their workplace. It covers essential lifesaving techniques to respond to various medical emergencies until professional medical help arrives.

Who needs this qualification?
This First Aid at Work (FAW) course is suitable for staff wanting to become designated first aiders in their workplace. It allows for essential first aid to be given to someone who is ill or injured at work and equips the first aider to apply first aid to a range of other specific injuries & illnesses.

Why is this training important?
The H&S (First Aid) regulations 1981 place a general duty on employers to provide first aid treatment to employees within the workplace environment. If having assessed first aid needs, an employer decides to appoint first aiders, the first aider must have a valid certificate of competence.

Courses are run as open days:
15-17th January 2025
22nd-24th April 2025
7th - 9th July 2025
15th - 17th October 2025

At The Heatons Centre - Stockport SK4 3LD

£260.00 + VAT per person.
Can also run in-house courses - Please ask for a Quotation

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the course, learners will be able to:
Understand the role and responsibility of a first aider
Assess an incident
Manage a casualty who is unresponsive and NOT breathing normally
Provide first aid to an unresponsive and breathing normally casualty
Manage a casualty who is in seizure
Recognise and assist a casualty who is choking
Manage a casualty with external bleeding
Manage a casualty who is in shock
Understand how to manage a casualty with a minor injury
Understand how to treat a casualty with bites or stings
Understand how to manage a casualty with minor burns and scalds
Identify the signs, symptoms and history of a casualty
Administer first aid to a casualty with injuries to bones, muscles and joints
Administer first aid to a casualty with suspected head and spinal injuries
Administer first aid to a casualty with suspected chest injury
Administer first aid to a casualty with burns and scalds
Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with an eye Injury
Administer first aid to a casualty with sudden poisoning
Administer first aid to a casualty with anaphylaxis
Administer first aid to a casualty with suspected major illness
Provide first aid treatment to minor injuries, including small cuts, grazes, bruises and splinters

Certificated by: Ouch Learning and Development (approved by the FAIB) or Highfield
Duration: Face-to-face: 3 days / Blended learning: 6 hours e-learning & 2 days face-to-face
Assessment: Multiple choice exam & practical assessment
Prerequisites: None
Validity of award: 3 years
Learner-to-trainer ratio: Maximum 12 learners per trainer
Delivery formats available: Face-to-face / Blended learning

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