This 3-day course covers everything you would find on the 1 day emergency first aid course, but also includes a wide range of additional skills. Our training ensures learners are able to understand, and where relevant, apply, the following skills when helping an adult in the workplace who:
is unresponsive and breathing
is unresponsive and not breathing, including how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED)
is choking
bleeding, including life-threatening bleeding and the use of haemostatic dressings for wound packing and tourniquets
is suffering from shock and internal bleeding
has burns
feels faint
has been poisoned
has a head injury
has hypothermia or heat exhaustion
has an injury to a bone, muscle or joint (including spinal injuries).
Learners will also be able to help a casualty who is having a:
seizure
heart attack, including the administration of aspirin
angina attack
stroke
asthma attack
severe allergic reaction
diabetic emergency.
The course also includes information on:
assessing a casualty
monitoring a casualty
where to get help
electrical incidents
accident recording and reporting
the control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH).