This is an HSE approved course and must be carried out by an approved instructor. This course must be at least 6 contact hours and run over a minimum of 1 day. The certificate is valid for 3 years and to renew you need to attend another EFAW course. This course must be taught 100% in classroom and not online. The HSE recommend that all first aiders complete an annual first aid refresher course. On completion of this course, you can print your own CPD time credit certificate.
Curriculum:
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Initial Care
- First Aid at Work Regulations and Rules
- Fears of First Aid
- Barriers
- Initial Assessment
- Unconscious Breathing and Recovery Position
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Cardiac Problems
- The Heart, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attacks and CPR
- One Rescuer CPR
- Chest Only Compressions
- CPR Handover to a Second Rescuer
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Other Primary Care First Aid Problems
- Adult Choking, Conscious and Unconscious (30 minutes)
- Serious Bleeding Management and Wounds (45 minutes)
- Shock, Continued from the Above Exercises (15 minutes)
- Spinal Injury Management (15 minutes)
- Burns and Scalds (30 minutes)
- Anaphylactic Shock and Allergies (15 minutes)
- Seizures and Epilepsy (15 minutes)
