Available courses

First Aid at work

On successful completion the learner will be a ‘First Aider in the Work Place’ and they will be able to:
  • Understand the role of the first aider including reference to:
    • The importance of preventing cross infection
    • The need for recording incidents and actions
    • Use of available equipment
    • Assess the situation and circumstances in order to act safely, promptly, and effectively in an emergency
  • Administer first aid to a casualty who is unconscious (including seizure)
  • Administer CPR including using an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)
  • Administer first aid to a casualty who is choking
  • Administer first aid to a casualty who is wounded or bleeding
  • Administer first aid to a casualty who is suffering from shock
  • Provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries including small cuts, grazes, bruises, minor burns (inc. electrical) and scalds, splinters
  • Administer first aid to a casualty with injuries to bones, muscles and joints, including suspected spinal injuries
  • Administer first aid to a casualty with head injuries
  • Administer first aid to a casualty with burns (inc. electrical) & scalds
  • Administer first aid to a casualty with eye injuries
  • Administer first aid to a casualty with chest injuries
  • Administer first aid to a casualty with sudden poisoning
  • Administer first aid to a casualty with anaphylactic shock
  • Recognise the presence of major illness and provide appropriate first aid (including heart attack, stroke, epilepsy, asthma, diabetes)
  • Provide appropriate first aid for hypothermia and heat stroke

Paediatric First Aid (Ofsted) (inc. Emergency First Aid at Work)

This is the 2 day paediatric (child & baby) first aid. 
This is compliant with Ofsted and Early Years requirements. Ofsted no longer approves first aid courses.
Training providers must follow the Ofsted and Early Years guidance for their courses to provide the recommended level of first aid cover.
The course is recommended for people working with and caring for children and babies.

NOTE: as of January 2018 this course also includes the 1 day Emergency First Aid at Work qualification to provide first aid cover for adults.

On completion of training successful candidates will be able to:
  • Understand the role of the first aider including reference to:
    - The special needs of Infants and Children
    - The ability and knowledge to carry out an illness assessment
    - The importance of preventing cross infection
    - The need for recording incidents and actions
     - Use of available equipment
  • Plan for first aid emergencies
  • Deal with emergencies
  • Deal with unconsciousness
  • CPR including using an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)
  • Recognise and deal with shock
  • Recognise and respond appropriately to anaphylactic shock
  • Recognise and respond appropriately to electric shock
  • Recognise and respond appropriately to bleeding
  • Recognise and respond appropriately to cases of poisoning
  • Respond appropriately to burns and scalds
  • Respond appropriately to choking
  • Respond appropriately to fractures
  • Respond appropriately to head, neck and back injuries
  • Respond appropriately to foreign objects in eyes, ears and nose and eye injuries
  • Respond appropriately to bites and stings
  • Respond appropriately to effects of heat and cold...heat exhaustion, heat stroke, hypothermia
  • Respond appropriately to febrile convulsions
  • Recognise and respond appropriately to the emergency needs of chronic medical conditions including: epilepsy, asthma, diabetes
  • Recognise and respond appropriately to meningitis and other serious sudden childhood illness
  • Provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries, small cuts, grazes, bruises.

Testing Moodle Course Creation Tom McG

This is  summary of the course created for testing moodle course creation