Emergency First Aid at Work
This is a One Day Course that teaches the First Aider how to act safely and effectively in a range of
workplace emergencies
This course follows the syllabus laid down by the HSE, but it will be
tailored to meet any specific needs for your area of work. All topics will directly relate to the injuries
likely to be sustained in your industry.
Examples include chainsaw wounds, amputations, crush
injuries, falls from heights, suspension trauma, eye injuries amongst many others.
- Open and closed fractures
- Severe bleeding from wounds
- Foreign bodies in wounds
- Traumatic amputations
- Burns and scalds
- Open chest wounds
- Nose bleeds
- Eye injuries
- Crush injuries
- Suspension trauma
First Aid
This is a Three Day Course that teaches the First Aider all the skills required to deal confidently with a range
of workplace emergencies
This course follows the syllabus laid down by the HSE, but it will be tailored
to meet any specific needs for your area of work. All topics will directly relate to the injuries likely to be
sustained in your industry.
Examples include chainsaw wounds, amputations, crush injuries, falls from
heights, suspension trauma, eye injuries amongst many others.
In addition to those subjects covered on
the EFAW the course will include sessions on record keeping and the first aid kit.
There is an assessment
at the end of the course.
Throughout the course there will be plenty of opportunities to take part in practice
scenarios in order to build confidence and skills.
- Demonstrate the correct approach to the scene of an accident
- Techniques to gain a response from the casualty
- Dealing effectively with a casualty’s airway
- Assess if the casualty is breathing and the heart is functioning
- Effective way of carrying out CPR
- The importance of dealing correctly with an unconscious casualty
- Recognising and treating hypothermia
- Head to toe examination methods
- Clinical shock
- Anaphylactic shock
- Angina
- Asthma
- Hypoglycaemia
- Epileptic fit
And to back up all the theory we run scenarios throughout the day for you to practice what you’ve learned. A great way to
get hands on and do it for ‘real’.
- Not mandatory but strongly recommended by the HSE
- For current holders of the FAW or EFAW this course allows you to practice and update your skills
- Angina
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- Automated External Defibrillator
- Paediatric First Aid
- Please contact us to discuss any other course requirements that you may have
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