This H.S.E. approved course is run over 1 day.
The EFAW course complies with Health and Safety Executive (H.S.E) regulations and enables delegates to be able to deal with a variety of emergencies in the workplace where a three day First Aid at Work qualification is not deemed necessary.
Each delegates will receive a first aid manual to work from which can be kept for future reference.
The topics that are covered in this course are:
- Aims and principles of first aid
- Emergency first aid in the workplace
- Responsibilities of the emergency first aider
- Contents of a first aid kit
- Action in an emergency
- Casualty assessment
- Management of the unconscious casualty
- Breathing and circulation
- Resuscitation
- Breathing disorders
- Wounds and bleeding
- Other conditions
At the end of the course delegates will receive a nationally recognised H.S.E. approved Emergency First Aid at Work certificate which is valid for three years and will be able to respond to an accident or illness in the workplace safely and effectively. Although not mandatory, the H.S.E. strongly recommend that an update should be undertaken each year to help first aiders maintain their skills and keep abreast of any changes to first aid procedures. On the third year, this one day EFAW course will need to be undertaken again.
