Member Training: First Aid at Work

Why is this training important?    The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 place a general duty on employers to provide first-aid treatment to employees within the workplace environment. The employer has overall responsibility for the risk assessment (assessment of first-aid need) that will establish the level of first-aid cover required. If, having assessed first-aid needs, an employer decides to appoint first aiders, the first aiders must have a valid certificate of competence. Learning Outcomes    • Understand the role of the first aider

• 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 cardiopulmonary resuscitation; 

• Understand the use of an A.E.D

• Administer first aid to a casualty who is choking; 

• Administer first aid to a casualty who is wounded and bleeding; 

• Administer first aid to a casualty who is suffering shock; 

• Provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries (including small cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds, small splinters); 

• Administer first aid to a casualty with: Injuries to bones, muscles and joints, including a suspected spinal injury; Chest injuries; Burns and scalds; Eye injuries; Sudden poisoning; Anaphylactic shock; 

• Recognize the presence of major illness and provide appropriate first aid (including heart attack, stroke, epilepsy, asthma, diabetes).