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First Aid Programme
Tired of searching for appropriate first aid courses online for your staff? This course aims to provide your employees with the knowledge they need to understand the key areas of first aid. The course will enable your employees to increase the safety of themselves and others in the workplace and in other everyday environments. This is a great course for anyone who is interested in first aid, as it will provide them with crucial skills that apply to all aspects of work and everyday life.
This zone covers the role of a first-aider, how to approach different incidents and manage an emergency, basic patient assessment skills used by first-aiders and minor injuries such as cuts, burns and scalds.
In this zone, your employees will learn about asthma, shock, severe bleeding and bone, muscle and joint injuries. They will learn about the signs and symptoms of each condition and will also look at how to treat these conditions and injuries.
This zone looks at choking in adults, chest pains and seizures. Your employees will look at signs of choking, the signs of chest pains – including heart attacks and angina – and the signs and symptoms of a seizure. This zone provides information about how to respond to each of these and how to respond to these incidents as a first-aider.
Your employees will look at head injuries, severe allergic reactions, unconsciousness, resuscitation and strokes within this zone. They will learn what the signs and symptoms are of each condition, and what the appropriate treatment is for each. They will also learn how to carry out CPR for children of different ages, and will gain an understanding of the legal protection for first-aiders.
Once your employees have completed this course, they could progress on to the following:
Manual Handling Safety at Work
Safeguarding Adults and Children
Health and Safety in the Workplace
Fire Safety Principles
Award in Occupational Health and Safety