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HSE approved Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW)
Course Overview
This course has been designed to meet all of the requirements of the Health & Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981. The course covers all of the necessary theory and practical skills that you may need if you are asked to care for someone who has a sudden illness or an injury.
Who should attend
This course will be ideal for you if you need to be an HSE approved "Emergency First Aider" in your workplace or if you would like to attend a comprehensive emergency aid course for any other reason. Many people attend the course simply because they want to know how to do basic first aid.
What you will learn
The course will give you the essential knowledge, skills and confidence to deal with any injury (or sudden illness) in a safe, prompt and effective way.
Learning Group
The maximum number of people that the HSE allows on a course is twelve per instructor. However, we tend to teach smaller groups (i.e. usually six to eight people) so the instructor is able to make sure that you understand everything and that you are 100% competent.
Course Duration
This is a ONE DAY course. It usually starts at 9am and finishes at 6pm. However, when necessary, if enough people are in the learning group we can also deliver the course over a few days or weeks – i.e. by splitting the topics into different sessions that are delivered as various modules.
HSE approved Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW)
Course Content
The course includes the following topics…
- The Role of a Emergency First Aider
- Simple record keeping
- Resuscitation Council UK Guidelines
- Casualty Management - Initial Assessment
- Secondary Assessment (Top-to-Toe Survey)
- Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Internal and External Bleeding
- Heart Attack and Angina
- The Accident Book
- First Aid Kits and Infection Control
- Managing an Incident
- The Unconscious Casualty
- The Recovery Position
- Choking (Recognition and Treatment)
- Shock (Recognition and Treatment)
- Fractures, Burns, Epilepsy…and more!
Assessment and Certification
Each course participant is continuously assessed by the instructor - e.g. whilst you are doing practical work. At the end of the course you will receive an Alpha Medical HSE approved certificate that will allow you to be an HSE Emergency First Aider for three years. We strongly recommend that you update your skills, on an annual basis, by attending one of our FREE annual refresher courses.
Candidate Requirements
All course participants should ideally be fairly fit and healthy because practical work is involved – including floor work. You must attend the whole course.
Course Location and Course Fees
Our main training facilities are in Chelmsford (Essex) but we also use venues in Suffolk, Norfolk, Hertfordshire, London and other areas. In fact, over the years, we have delivered numerous courses all over the UK including Scotland and Wales. In addition, we are able to use teach on-site courses if your premises is suitable for the course – i.e. complies with HSE rules. If you would like Alpha Medical to teach a course in your workplace sufficient floor area is essential. Course fees depend on how many people you want to book on a course and where you would like the training to be delivered. However, generally speaking, although our courses are taught by healthcare professionals our fees are similar to (or even less than) the fees charged by St John Ambulance and the British Red Cross.
Why Choose Alpha Medical For Your Training?
Most HSE courses are taught by ‘first aid instructors’; Alpha Medical uses experienced healthcare professionals - e.g. Paramedics and Nurses. Our course fee includes unlimited free refreshments. We also give you your own uncontaminated resuscitation manikin (i.e. Little Anne) to use for the whole course. We have taught thousands of people since 1997 and they keep coming back to us!