Appointed Persons First Aid Course
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First Aid for Appointed Persons

Overview

Course duration: 1 day.

People at work can suffer injury or sudden illness. It is important that employers have made arrangements to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work. The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require employers to provide adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities and personnel to enable first aid to be given to employees if they are injured or become ill at work. When an employer’s first aid needs assessment identifies that a first aider is not necessary, the minimum requirement is to appoint a person to take charge when someone is injured or ill and look after the first aid box. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recommend that this person undertakes first aid training in the form of a one day emergency aid course.

Is it right for me?
Suitable for individuals who are nominated as appointed persons or who are required to provide support to qualified HSE first aiders. This course is very practical and will require participants to demonstrate procedures on the floor. Suitable clothing such as trousers and flat shoes are recommended.

What will I learn?
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Manage a first aid incident effectively.
- Administer basic life saving skills.
- Understand the role and responsibilities of an appointed person in small to medium size organisations.
- Support fully trained first aiders in larger organisations.

Pre-course Activity
Suitable for individuals who are nominated as appointed persons or who are required to provide support to qualified HSE first aiders. This course is very practical and will require participants to demonstrate procedures on the floor. Suitable clothing such as trousers and flat shoes are recommended.

What will it cover?
Insight into First Aid Legislation
- Health & Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995

Managing an Incident
- Assessing the incident and situation
- Personal safety
- Contents of HSE approved First Aid Kit
- Priorities of First Aid

When to send for help
- Resuscitation Techniques
- Carrying out a primary assessment of a casualty
- Cardio – Pulmonary Resuscitation in accordance with UK Resuscitation Council guidelines 2005
- Chain of Survival

Management of an Unconscious Casualty
- Carrying out a secondary assessment of a casualty
- Ensuring an open airway is maintained
- The Recovery Position

Management of Circulatory Disorders
- Recognition and treatment for shock
- Control of bleeding, dealing with minor wounds and foreign objects in a wound
- Recognition and treatment of heart attack
- Recognition and treatment of stroke

Management of Other Injuries and Conditions
- Recognition and treatment of a choking casualty
- Recognition and treatment of fractures
- Management of burns and scalds
- Management of miscellaneous conditions: asthma, epilepsy, anaphylactic shock and diabetes
 
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Duration1 day
 
£349
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