Details
A comprehensive course covering a wide range of first aid emergencies and how to deal with them, enabling participants to qualify as a full First Aider for the workplace, meeting the statutory requirements of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
This course can be tailored to the requirements of specific work environments. On successful completion of the course and final assessment, participants will be awarded a First Aid at Work certificate valid for three years.
Outline
- Assess and prioritise a first aid incident.
- Deal with an unconscious casualty.
- Carry out resuscitation (CPR & Defibrillator).
- Control bleeding and manage shock.
- Deal with injuries to bones, muscles and joints.
- Deal with a casualty suffering burns and scalds.
- Manage eye injuries.
- Deal with casualties overcome by fumes or suffering from poisoning.
- Deal with a broad range of common injuries and illnesses until the arrival of medical care.
- Maintain records.
- Use and maintain first aid kits.
Certification
First Aid at Work (Valid for 3 years).
Length
3 Day Course
YMS Training brings you over 35 years of training and course design expertise. Malcolm McGeachy, our Director of Training received the City & Guilds ‘Medal of Excellence’ for design, planning and implementation of training courses to commerce and industry.
YMS Training specialise in training in First Aid, Health & Safety, Food Safety, Moving & Handling, Licence Trade and Teacher Training.
Something unique to YMS is our ‘Aftercare Card’ service. In addition to receiving a certificate, every successful course member is given an ‘aftercare card’ providing essential advice from their course (e.g. CPR instructions, Essential Food Temperatures). This pocket-sized card also contains the details of the course along with the expiry date and a contact number to ring for expert advice for the duration of their certification following the course.
YMS also has a trainer who is experienced in working with young people and learners with additional social/learning needs as well as those who have learning disabilities.
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