The First Aid at Work 3-day course (split over 3 weeks) is suitable for people aged 16+ who might need to provide first aid by responding to a wide range accidents, injuries and illnesses that they could encounter in their workplace

It is ideal for organisations whose needs assessment has identified a requirement for additional first aid training, such as having employees with a disability or a medical condition.

Learners will develop the first aid skills and confidence to help someone who:

• is unresponsive and breathing
• is unresponsive and not breathing, including how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED)
• is choking
• is bleeding
• is suffering from shock
• 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)

The course runs from 9am until 4pm each day, with a lunch break between the morning and afternoon sessions

Delivered in a classroom setting, this course offers a practical, hands-on approach that delivers the skills and confidence to use first aid skills in a real life situation. For added reassurance, each learner is assessed throughout the course using a range of practical demonstrations, question and answer sessions, quizzes and engaging activities designed to coach and support them

On successful completion of this course, you will receive a first aid at work certificate which is valid for three years.  This course meets the requirements specified by the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981

This three day course is perfect for medium to large organisations, high risk industries* and organisation which have staff with known medical conditions

* The FACT 3-day First Aid at Work course is delivered by a qualified instructor with many years industry experience and we include anecdotal scenarios from high-risk industries with an added focus on construction 

Please note this course is split over 3 weeks, 7th April, 14th April and 21st April.

Price: £265 + VAT [£318 TOTAL]