First Aid Course

This is the perfect course for anybody who is required to act as a first aider at work, at home or for a voluntary organisation or community group. The First Aid Responder (FAR) is responsible to those who are injured and in need of help.

Course Programme

• First aid in the workplace
• Patient assessment
• Respiratory emergencies
• Cardiac first response
• Wounds and bleeding
• Altered levels of consciousness
• Musculoskeletal injuries
• Burns and scalds; chemicals and poisons
• Electric sock

Maximum number of participants: 8

Duration: 3 days

Certificate: PHECC certified and valid for two years

Objectives of the course

This course is designed to enable the participant to:

• Conduct first aid in the workplace
• Assess a patient
• Aid in respiratory emergencies
• Understand the importance of cardiac first response
• Treat wounds; bleeding; burns and scalds; chemicals and poisons