L3 Emergency First Aid at Work

Service Description

Where a workplace first aid risk assessment identifies a need for an Emergency First Aider in the Workplace, this one-day qualification meets the requirements of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 and the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982. The learner will gain the knowledge and practical competence required to deal with a range of workplace first aid situations. The FAA Award in Emergency First Aid at Work qualification is unit 1 of the three-day FAA Award in First Aid at Work qualification. From gaining this qualification learners could progress to completing unit 2 and being awarded the FAA Award in First Aid at Work. 1. Understand the role and responsibilities of a first aider 1.1 Identify the role and responsibilities of a first aider 1.2 Identify how to minimise the risk of infection to self and others 1.3 Identify the need for consent to provide first aid 2. Be able to assess an incident 2.1 Conduct a scene survey 2.2 Conduct a primary survey of a casualty 2.3 Summon appropriate assistance when necessary 3. Be able to provide first aid to an unresponsive casualty 3.1 Identify when to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) 3.2 Demonstrate CPR using a manikin 3.3 Justify when to place a casualty into the recovery position 3.4 Demonstrate how to place a casualty into the recovery position 3.5 Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty who is experiencing a seizure 4. Be able to provide first aid to a casualty who is choking 4.1 Identify when choking is: • mild • severe 4.2 Demonstrate how to administer first aid to a casualty who is choking 5. Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with external bleeding 5.1 Identify the severity of external bleeding 5.2 Demonstrate how to control external bleeding 6. Know how to provide first aid to a casualty who is in shock 6.1 Recognise a casualty who is suffering from shock 6.2 Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty who is suffering from shock 7. Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with minor injuries 7.1 Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty with: • small cuts • grazes • bruises • small splinters 7.2 Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty with minor burns and scald

Contact Details

• Better Bodies UK - Employment and Corporate Training Solutions Ltd, Oxford Street, Workington, UK