FIRST AID AT WORK RE-QUALIFICATION

This is an HSE approved course and must be carried out by an approved instructor. You can only attend this course if you have an in date First Aid at Work certificate (can be by any agency). The course is 12 contact hours and must be carried out over at least 2 days and you will be assessed on completion of the course by 1 or 2 assessors (not the instructor). The certificate is valid for 3 years and then you can attend another 2 day requalification as long as your certificate is still in date. If your certificate is not in date then you will have to attend the full 3 days again. 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

• Initial Care
  • First Aid at Work Regulations and Rules
  • Fears of First Aid
  • Barriers
  • Initial Assessment
  • Unconscious Breathing and Recovery Position
• Cardiac Problems
  • The Heart, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attacks and CPR
  • One Rescuer CPR
  • Chest Only Compressions
  • CPR Handover to a Second Rescuer
• Other Primary Care First Aid Problems
  • Adult Choking, Conscious and Unconscious
  • Serious Bleeding Management and Wounds
  • Shock, Continued from the Above Exercises and other types of Shock
  • Spinal Injury Management
• Specific Injury Management
  • Injury Assessment
  • Breaks and Fractures
  • Types of Wounds and Practice Bandaging different Injuries
  • Embedded Objects
  • Burns and Scalds
  • Head Injuries
  • Poisoning
  • Temperature Injuries
  • Eye Injuries
  • Bites and Stings
  • Crush Injuries and Chest Injuries
  • Electrical Injuries
• Illness Management
  • Illness Assessment
  • The Respiratory System and Hypoxia
  • Diabetes
  • Anaphylactic Shock
  • Heart Attack, Angina
  • Stroke
  • Asthma and Respiratory Problems
  • Hyperventilating