Summary:
The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require you to provide adequate and appropriate first-aid equipment, facilities and people so your employees can be given immediate help if they are injured or taken ill at work.
A first-aider is someone who has undertaken training and has a qualification that HSE approves. This qualification would meet these requirements
Core Skills:
This qualification covers the following topics:
- The roles and responsibilities of a first aider
- The legal requirements for first aid provision
- The importance of accurate incident reporting
- First aid equipment and its safe use
- The need to minimise the risk of infection
- The importance of assessing an incident
- Undertaking a primary survey
- When and how to call for help Roles and responsibilities of a first aider
- Assessment and management of first aid incidents
- Management of an unconscious casualty
- Management of a casualty who is not breathing normally
- Management of a casualty who is choking
- Management of a casualty who has a bleeding injury
- Management of a casualty who is in shock
Full Description:
2011/2012 Proposed Course Dates are as follows:
- 06/10/2011 Thursday
- 24/11/2011 Thursday
- 31/01/2012 Tuesday
- 01/03/2012 Thursday
- 02/04/2012 Monday
- 16/05/2012 Wednesday
- 14/06/2012 Thursday
- 10/07/2012 Tuesday
Please note that these dates are preliminary and as such subject to changes, postponements or cancellations at City College Norwich’s discretion.
City College Norwich is proud to be one of only 8 colleges nationwide to receive National Skills Academy Hospitality Status, providing access to consistent, high quality training for the hospitality industry.
For more information on this or any other short courses please phone the Advice Shop on either: 01603 773067 or 01603 773068, alternatively email: information@ccn.ac.uk
Alternatively, if you are an employer interested in this course, or any other training for yourself or your employees, please contact the Employer Partnerships Team on Freephone: 0800 328 3616 or email : employerpartnerships@ccn.ac.uk.
Please contact the Advice Shop for details of costs and start dates.
Please note that although the information given is believed to be correct at the time of publication, course information, costs where applicable and attendance details may change.