HSE approved certificate valid for three years; course is 18 hours -minimum 3 days, maximum 10 weeks - with sessions lasting 2 hours.

Compliant with current Health & Safety First Aid Regulations 1981

Course content:

• Recognise the aims of First Aid
• Manage an incident
• Recognise the priorities of treatment
• Follow the emergency action plan
• Perform the resuscitation procedure for adults, child and baby
• Recognise and manage conditions causing  unconsciousness
• Perform the secondary survey
• Turn a casualty into the recovery position
• Recognise and manage circulation problems
• Recognise and manage airway and breathing problems
• Understand the requirements for a first aid kit and reporting of an injury at work
• Recognise and treat wounds and bleeding
• Recognise and treat burns and scalds
• Recognise and treat injuries to bones, muscles and joint
• Recognise any other serious conditions
• Understand principles of moving and handling