First Aid at Work (FAW) in Manchester, Greater Manchester (Classroom)
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First Aid at Work Course in Manchester
Our First Aid at Work (FAW) course is a training workshop that covers all the skills needed to become a qualified first aider. You will learn the roles and responsibilities of a first aider and how to attend to various symptoms and injuries.
Above all, you will be able to apply the techniques you learn on a casualty, until emergency services arrive.
Why Take this First Aid at Work Course?
Employers have a duty to provide immediate attention in the workplace for illnesses or accidents. In addition, having qualified first aiders at work is necessary and important for the safety of all employees.
Our workplace first aid course will provide you with the skills and confidence you need to carry out the role effectively.
The First Aid at Work course will qualify you as a competent first aider and allow you to meet the first aid requirements for your organisation.
What Does this First Aid at Work Involve?
This First Aid at Work course covers the following topics (for the full list of topics covered in this training, keep reading):
- The roles and responsibilities of a first aider
- Assessing an incident
- How you should administer first aid to a casualty that is unresponsive
- Recognising and providing choking first aid
Delivery Method
This course is delivered in our Manchester, Greater Manchester, M34 3QS training venue by a Highfield approved tutor.
Course Duration
3 Days
Benefits of the Course
- You will receive an accredited Level 3 qualification from Highfield
- We deliver the course over three days of intensive training
- This full first aid course will meet your workplace first aid training requirements
- You learn basic first aid training and life-saving skills
- You become an appointed first aider
- You will gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to save a life
- You will gain a useful skill and an accredited first aid certificate, that can help you stand out as a candidate.
- This first aid at work course is valid for three years
Course Content
The content covered in the course includes both classroom and practical demonstrations. The trainer delivers the course through a variety of case studies and group discussions.
The trainer will cover the following subjects on the course:
Unit 1
The day to day role of a first-aider
The roles and responsibilities, reducing infection risk, and the requirement for consent.
Assessing an incident
The primary survey, and carrying out a scene survey.
Administering first aid to an unresponsive casualty
Administering CPR, demonstrating CPR on a dummy, the recovery position, demonstrating the recovery position on a dummy, and first aid during a seizure.
Providing choking first aid
Recognising mild/severe choking, and demonstrating how to apply first aid to a choking casualty.
External bleeding casualty
Identifying the severity of bleeding, and showing how to control external bleeding.
Providing shock first aid
Recognising someone who is in shock, and conducting first aid on a casualty who is in shock.
Minor injuries
How to deal with grazes, burns, minor cuts, scalds etc.
Unit 2
Conducting secondary survey
Gathering casualty history, and showing how to conduct a head to toe survey.
Applying first aid to a casualty with suspected injuries to bones, muscles and joints
Recognising the injuries, and demonstrate how to apply a sling.
Spinal and chest injuries
Recognising head/spinal/chest injuries, and identifying/demonstrating first aid on a chest/spine/head injury.
Burns and scalds
Identifying the severity and how to administer first aid.
Providing first aid on eye injuries
Eye first aid on dust, chemicals and embedded objects.
Sudden poisoning
Routes that poison enters the body, and administering first aid to sudden poisoning.
Major illnesses
Dealing with a heart attack, stroke, epileptic seizure, asthma attack and diabetic emergency.
Assessment
You must complete a minimum of 18-hours of contact time with the tutor to pass the course. This qualification is assessed through practical demonstration and a multiple-choice theory test. The tutor will also continually evaluate your understanding over the three days of the course.
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Once the courses have been completed, a confirmation of results can be saved or printed as evidence. This can then be kept on record as evidence of suitable training.
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Step 1
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Step 2
Once you have paid for your course(s), you will receive an email from our team advising how to begin your training.
Step 3
You will be provided with a username and password which will enable you to access the e-learning portal. Login to start your course, once you have completed and passed the course, you will be able to download and print your certificate straight away.
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Qualifications (NVQs) and e-learning courses.
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