Date:  TBC for 2018
Duration: 3 days
Time: 9.30 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.
Venue: The Halewood Centre

You must first attend Emergency First Aid before accessing this course

• Relevant Legislation and Guidance
• Resuscitation Council (UK) (www.resus.org.uk)
• The Resuscitation Guidelines 2010 (www.resus.org.uk/pages/GL2010.pdf)
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation – Standards for clinical practice and training (www.resus.org.uk/pages/standard.pdf)

Target Audience

Basic Knowledge for All Staff.

Learning Outcomes 1

Emergency First Aid;

• Understand the role and responsibilities of a first aider.
• Be able to assess an incident.
• Be able to manage an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally.
• Be able to manage an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing normally.
• Know how to recognise and assist a casualty who is choking.
• Be able to manage a casualty with external bleeding.
• Be able to manage a casualty who is in shock.
• Be able to manage a casualty with a minor injury.

Learning Outcomes 2

Recognition and Management of illness and injury;

• Undertake a second survey.
• Be able to 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 injuries.
• Administer 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.
• Provide first aid to a casualty with suspected major illness.

First Aid Refresher Periods

Refresher periods for First Aid training should be a minimum of:

On induction and every 3 years