This 6 hours course meets the revised Health and Safety Executive (HSE) first aid requirements and is suitable for low risk workplaces or to support those who hold the full first aid at work certificate.
On completion of training, successful candidates should be able to:

• Understand the role of the first aider including reference to the use of available equipment and the need for recording incidents and actions

• Understand the importance of basic hygiene in first aid procedures

• Assess the situation and circumstances in order to act safely, promptly and effectively in an emergency

• Administer first aid safely, promptly and effectively to a casualty who is unconscious and/or in seizure

• Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation promptly and effectively

• Understand how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED)

• Administer first aid safely, promptly and effectively to a casualty who is wounded or bleeding and/or in shock

• Administer first aid safely, promptly and effectively to a casualty who is choking

• Provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries including cuts, burns, scalds