Blended Emergency First Aid At Work Training Bolton

Emergency First Aid at Work

First Aid Qualifications Number: 291136
4 Hours Onsite + Online Learning First Aid Course
First Aid Certificate Valid For 3 Years

Regulators/Accreditations
First Aid Industry Body (FAIB)	Level 3
Ofqual Regulated Qualification (Ofqual)	Level 3	Option: for details contact us or see Regulated Options

Accepted By
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)

The HSE compliant blended 1 day Emergency First Aid at Work / EFAW training course must be a minimum of 6 hours training time to learn first aid with a mixture of theory online, individual and group work, and practical sessions.

2 hours of this blended online first aid course is completed at your own pace before the classroom time. The remaining 4 hours is completed in a classroom on a specific date.

Important: 100% online first aid courses are not valid in the UK, you must still do the practical elements of a recognised first aid course in a classroom.

HSE Compliant

No prior knowledge or experience of first aid is required.

Assessment: all attendees on this course are continuously assessed by the trainer.  There is a multiple choice test and practical assessments during the day. Attendees must reach the required level of knowledge and skills to be awarded the certificate.

The course syllabus is as required under the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
On successful completion this gives the learner the right to be an ‘Emergency First Aider in the Work Place’.

On completion of training successful candidates will be able to:

• Understand the role of the first aider including reference to:
  • The importance of preventing cross infection
  • The need for recording incidents and actions
  • Use of available equipment
  • Assess the situation and circumstances in order to act safely, promptly, and effectively in an emergency
• Administer first aid to a casualty who is unconscious (including seizure)
• Administer CPR including using an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)
• Administer first aid to a casualty who is choking
• Administer first aid to a casualty who is wounded or bleeding
• Administer first aid to a casualty who is suffering from shock
• Provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries including small cuts, grazes, bruises, minor burns (inc. electrical) and scalds, splinters

This course is accepted by the SIA for the security industry door supervisor first aid course requirement from April 2021.

Attendees on this course can be assessed by one of the following options:

1. Practical assessment of key skills e.g. CPR and recovery position.
   Theory assessment by an end-of-course multiple choice test.
   A good option for staff who want a mix of practical and theory and who perform well with written tests.
2. 100% practical assessment of all skills.
   There is no end-of-course test. Attendees must participate fully during the course.
   This assessment option should be considered for learners who enjoy practical work. It is a good option for learners who may not have English as a first language. Learners must still have a good understanding of spoken English.

All learners on a course must be assessed using the same option.