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“If it has been identified that first aiders are needed in your workplace they must gain a certificate of competence from a training organization that has been approved by the Health & Safety Executive, Courses last for 24 hours of training, usually held over 4 days.”
Source: Health & Safety Executive website: www.hse.gov.uk/firstaid
Course content:
- Communication and delegation in an emergency
- Resuscitation
- Management of the unconscious casualty
- Treatment and control of bleeding
- Treatment of burns and scalds
- Treatment of injuries to bones, muscles and joints
- Treatment of minor injuries
- Treatment of shock
- Eye irrigation
- Poisons, gasses and fumes
- Moving injured people
- Recognition of illness
- Simple record keeping, use of materials in first aid boxes, purchasing of First Aid supplies and familiarization with the duties of employers in respect of the Regulations
- Personal hygiene and aspects of cross infection in treating wounds
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