First Aid at Work Qualifying.

Description

Attending the three-day FAW training meets the First Aid Regulations 1981 and 1982.

What you will learn

In accordance with Appendix 5 & 6 of the H&S (First-Aid) Regulations 1981

Unit 1 covers the following topics:

roles and responsibilities of a first aider;
cross-infection;
recording incidents & actions;
use of available equipment;
assessing an incident;
unconscious casualties (including seizure);
cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
safe use of an automated external defibrillator;
choking;
Wounded and bleeding;
Shock;
minor injuries (including small cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds, small splinters);
Unit 2 covers the following topics:

secondary survey;
injuries to bones, joints and muscles (including spinal injuries);
suspected head and spinal injuries;
chest injuries;
burns and scalds;
eye injuries;
sudden poisoning;
anaphylaxis;
major illnesses (heart attack, stroke, epilepsy, asthma & diabetes);
Serious bleeding including:
embedded objects;
sucking chest wound;
amputations;