This emergency first aid at work online course is ideal for those already working or preparing to work in low-risk environments, including:

• Health and social care
• Offices
• Service industries
• Self-employed
• Distribution
• Sports
• Outdoor pursuits and exploring.

This online emergency first aid at work course covers the following:

Part 1 - Emergency first aid at work

• What is first aid?
• Roles and responsibilities of a first aider
• Who to call to get help?
• What should be in a first aid kit?
• Primary survey
• Recovery position
• Secondary assessment
• Heart attack
• CPR on a person and infant
• Seizures
• Choking.

Part 2 - Emergency first aid at work

• Blood loss and shock
• Amputations, penetrating injuries and objects in wounds
• Bandages
• Head injuries
• Burns
• Minor injuries
• Anaphylaxis.

End-of-course assessment

The aims of this online emergency first aid at work course are to:

• Equip participants with the necessary knowledge of first aid rules and legislation pertinent to the workplace.
• Develop competent first aid skills applicable within various working environments.

This  emergency first aid at work e-learning course will:

• Establish the roles and responsibilities of a first aider in the workplace.
• Examine important first aid acts and regulations.
• Present relevant contents of a first aid kit for your workplace.
• Establish how to put an unconscious adult into the recovery position.
• Consider how to perform a secondary survey.
• Establish how to perform CPR and the usage of an AED.
• Explain how to provide first aid for a casualty suffering from a heart attack.
• Explore the signs, symptoms and treatment of a severe head injury.
• Establish how to treat an anaphylactic shock.
• Point out what to do if a person is suffering from a severe bleed.