First Aid at Work (Refresher)
Course Overview
This course is only available to those candidates who have already completed the full 3 or 4 day First Aid at Work (FAW) qualification. The course is designed to be completed before your original qualification expires and revisits the original content as prescribed by the HSE in order to keep your qualification current and valid. All candidates must attend the full 12-hours contact time in order to fulfil the qualification 'license to practice' requirement. As with the full 3 day FAW, the course scenarios are designed with individual company workplaces in mind to ensure that refresher courses are relevant and put into context for employees.
As well as full attendance each candidate is continually assessed on each section of the programme and then has to complete an external examination, according to current HSE regulations. Our certifying body (ITC) is approved by the HSE to run this qualification (our HSE approval number is 1670/96).
Course Duration
- 2 Days - (12 hours)
Course Price
- Individual - £125.00
- Individual - £815.00
Package
- Interactive hands on practical training
- One CPR training manikin per 2 participants
- Easy to follow individual course booklet
- A recognised certificate valid for 3 years
- External examiners
Course Content
- Safe best practice - minimise the risk if infection
- Record keeping – recording accidents, RIDDOR, First Aid kits, disposing safely of clinical waste
- Awareness of current regulations
- Vital Signs – breathing, level of consciousness, temperature, colour
- Incident Management – a systematic approach to managing first aid incidents
- Airway Management – causes and treatment of unconscious collapse
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Breathing Problems - choking
- Circulation Problems – controlling external bleeding and treatment for shock
- Minor Injuries - small cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds, small splinters
- Major Injuries - injuries to bones including suspected spinal injuries, chest injuries
- Major burns and scalds
- Eye injuries - including how to irrigate an eye
- Sudden poisoning and anaphylactic shock
- Soft tissue injuries
Revalidation
Candidates MUST supply their previous First Aid at Work qualification details before attending the course. If individuals book on, or are booked on by an employer with an invalid certificate NO STATUTORY CERTIFICATE CAN BE ISSUED.
The full FAW and Refresher FAW qualifications have valid 3 year lifetimes. The Refresher FAW qualification may be completed up to 28 days past its expiry date.
Course Dates
- 19th - 20th August 2010
09:00 - 17:00
Plymouth - 1st - 2nd September 2010
09:00 - 17:00
Plymouth - 5th - 6th October 2010
09:00 - 17:00
Plymouth - 3rd - 4th November 2010
09:00 - 17:00
Plymouth - 1st - 2nd December 2010
09:00 - 17:00
Plymouth