FIRST AID AT WORK

First aid knowledge is critical in and out of the workplace, helping prevent and treat injuries from accidents or assist people who have fallen ill, so training is vital and highly valuable in any sector and industry.

Research data shows that up to 59% of deaths from injury may have been prevented if someone gave first aid before the emergency medical services arrived.

With a short but valuable window of opportunity between dialling 999 and the arrival of the emergency medical services, there are two simple first aid actions that people can take to help save someone’s life if they know how:

• turning an unresponsive person who is breathing on their side and tilting their head back to open their airway
• applying pressure to a heavy bleed to help stem the flow of blood

With so many opportunities for accidents and injuries in workplaces especially, this First Aid at Work training course teaches essential knowledge to correctly react to and treat various first aid situations that may occur.

Practical and theory-based exercises and tutorials take Learners through all the processes and procedures vital to delivering essential first aid care to someone in need.

The course reflects national standards and industry best practices. In addition, choose to learn with Totally Training, and delegates will benefit from our custom-built training facilities and customer-first approach or at your own premises if more convenient.
 

Our occupationally experienced and qualified trainers coach Learners on this course, continually assessing Learners and completing the session with a question and answer paper. Learners must pass the assessment to receive a First Aid at Work certificate, valid for three years.

This course teaches delegates all the essentials of recognising injuries and medical emergencies and administering basic first aid to help someone. In addition, delegates will review legal requirements, ensure safety compliance, and understand procedures and appropriate documentation and classifications in a course that meets all requirements specified by the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.

The course content includes:

• Assessment and monitoring of a casualty
• How and where to get help
• Identifying electrical incidents and the safest action to take
• Recognition and treatment of blood loss and shock
• Caring for an unconscious casualty
• Performing Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Treating burns and scalds
• Disorders and obstructions of the airway
• Poisoning - how to treat and keep themselves safe
• Bone injuries, including damage limitation
• Major medical conditions, including administration of aspirin and epinephrine
• Accident recording and reporting RIDDOR
• The control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH)

At the end of the training, successful Learners will have the knowledge, skill and confidence to treat any first aid situation in the workplace. They will be able to administer basic life support and put a casualty in the recovery position correctly, and give First Aid to someone:

• unresponsive and breathing
• unresponsive and not breathing, including how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED)
• choking
• bleeding
• experiencing shock
• suffering from burns
• feeling faint
• poisoned
• with a head injury
• suffering from hypothermia or heat exhaustion
• with a bone, muscle or joint injury (including spinal injuries).
• having a seizure, heart attack, including aspirin administration or angina attack
• suffering from a stroke
• having an asthma attack
• with a severe allergic reaction
• experiencing a diabetic emergency

In addition, they will also appropriately, competently and legally record and report accidents and injuries in the workplace using RIDDOR.

Upon completion, they will receive a First Aid at Work certificate, valid for three years from the issue date.

The First Aid at Work course is for Learners age 16+ who may need to provide first aid to someone at work as a recognised First aider.

The course is ideal to teach Learners the vital knowledge to attend accidents, injuries and illnesses. This training is ideal for organisations with significant staff headcount, working in higher risk sectors such as construction, and anyone wanting a comprehensive course covering all the essential techniques and skills.

The three-day training course certifies Learners as competent to administer Emergency First Aid as the appointed First Aider at their workplace.

At Totally Training, quality and support to our learners is priority. Totally Training provide a dedicated service to Our Clients.

Totally Training are a leading provider of health, safety, environmental and technical theory and practical training and assessment services, covering a wide range of industry sectors, working with 100s of organisations to provide quality written and delivered courses. 

Totally Training Instructors and Assessors are fully qualified and occupationally experienced and competent from industry-specific backgrounds to deliver Our qualifications, traveling nationwide to provide necessary support at all times.

Our occupationally experienced First Aid educators have successfully trained over 10,000 Learners across the First Aid and Wellbeing training category. Delivering courses at our nationwide, industry-leading and accredited training centres and offering the very best of training standards and quality assurance. 

We have hundreds of public dates and locations nationally for First Aid at Work Training, or can offer dedicated training for specific requirements such as on-site groups. Whatever you need, our training services help bring together the optimum mix of solutions to ensure you can apply the hierarchy of risk control most effectively. 

This course has practical elements, so Learners must inform their trainer if they have any serious health issues, physical problems, special considerations or are taking any medication, which may create difficulties in any training elements. 

Your venue will need to comply with First aid training delivery standards for training held at your location. We will forward the venue criteria to you before the course takes place.

For training held at your location, please ensure that the classroom you make available has a power supply and is a suitable size for the number of delegates attending. In addition, please ensure that the practical area has been risk-assessed, is free from harm, and is ideal for training.

To learn more about this qualification, to book or for any queries, please contact a member of the team by phone at 07763 854 325 or email training@totally.training