This First Aid at Work Requalification syllabus covers the same topics as those in the initial First Aid at Work course.
Learning Outcomes
In accordance with Appendix 5 & 6 of the H&S (First-Aid) Regulations 1981
Unit 1 covers the following topics:
- roles and responsibilities of a first aider;
- cross-infection
- recording incidents & actions;
- use of available equipment;
- assessing an incident;
- unconscious casualties (including seizure);
- cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
- safe use of an automated external defibrillator;
- choking;
- Wounded and bleeding;
- Shock;
- minor injuries (including small cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds, small splinters
secondary survey;
- injuries to bones, joints and muscles (including spinal injuries);
- suspected head and spinal injuries;
- chest injuries;
- burns and scalds;
- eye injuries;
- sudden poisoning;
- anaphylaxis;
- major illnesses (heart attack, stroke, epilepsy, asthma & diabetes);
- Serious bleeding including:
- embedded objects;
- sucking chest wound;
- amputations;
Certification
Successful candidates will be awarded the FRFA Level 3 First Aid at Work certificate valid for 3 years
