To enable candidates to get help & give adequate and efficient First Aid to a casualty at the workplace following an injury or illness using material to hand and HSE approved first aid equipment

On completion of training, successful candidates should be able to:

• understand the role of the first aider including reference to the use of available equipment and the need for recording incidents and actions;

• understand the importance of basic hygiene in first-aid procedures;

• 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 and/or in seizure;

• administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use an AED;

• administer first aid to a casualty who is wounded or bleeding and/or in shock;

• administer first aid to a casualty who is choking;

• provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries.

Blended learning consisting of an e-Learning module:

¨ The task of the Emergency First Aider and priorities of First Aid practice

¨ What is first aid? What to do at the scene of an emergency

¨ Assessment of a casualty

¨ Examination of an unconscious casualty

¨ Assessment and treatment of choking casualties

¨ Treatment and control of slight and severe external and internal bleeding

¨ Assessment and treatment of Shock

¨ Duties of an Emergency First Aider

¨ Communication, Contents of a first aid box

¨ Dealing with seizures and minor injuries

Classroom based practical session:

¨ Approach to a situation

¨ Recovery position

¨ CPR resuscitation techniques and use of an AED

¨ Bleeding and bandaging practical

¨ Revision