Member Training: Emergency First Aid at Work

Why is this training important?    The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 place a general duty on employers to provide first-aid treatment to employees within the workplace environment. The employer has overall responsibility for the risk assessment (assessment of first-aid need) that will establish the level of first-aid cover required. If, having assessed first-aid needs, an employer decides to appoint first aiders, the first aiders must have a valid certificate of competence. Learning Outcomes    • Understand the role of the first aider

• The importance of preventing cross infection; 

• The need for recording incidents and actions;  

• Use of available equipment;  

• Assess the situation and circumstances in order to act safely, promptly and effectively in an emergency;  

• Administer first aid to a casualty who is unconscious (including seizure)

• Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation;  

• Understand the use of an A.E.D

• Administer first aid to a casualty who is choking;  

• Administer first aid to a casualty who is wounded and bleeding;  

• Administer first aid to a casualty who is suffering shock;  

• Provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries (including small cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds, small splinters);