HSE approved First Aid at Work

Course Length: 3 Days

All Candidates once completed the course will be issued with a HSE certificate and card to carry in your purse/wallet.

Course 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