QNUK Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work (Management of Catastrophic Bleeding) (RQF)

About this course

This is First Aid at Work, the three day qualification for designated workplace first aiders, with the catastrophic bleeding unit included. It is the combination higher risk employers increasingly ask for, and it is a single certificate rather than two.

The three day award covers the full range: assessing an incident, CPR, the recovery position, choking, bleeding, shock, burns, fractures, head and spinal injuries, chest injuries, eye injuries, poisoning, anaphylaxis, and the major illnesses including heart attack, stroke, asthma and diabetic emergencies.

On top of that sits catastrophic bleeding: recognising it, direct pressure applied hard enough to work, wound packing, haemostatic dressings, and tourniquet application with the time recorded. Practised on training limbs until it is muscle memory.

It suits construction, engineering, manufacturing, forestry, agriculture and anywhere with machinery, blades or vehicles. If your first aid needs assessment already points you at FAW, and your hazards include anything that can open an artery, this is the version to book.

• The role and responsibilities of a first aider, consent, and minimising infection risk
• Assessing an incident: scene survey, primary survey, summoning assistance
• Adult CPR, the recovery position, seizures and choking
• Recognising catastrophic bleeding, and why it is dealt with before the airway
• Direct pressure, wound packing, haemostatic dressings and tourniquet application
• External bleeding, shock and minor injuries
• The secondary survey, and injuries to bones, muscles and joints, including slings
• Head, spinal and chest injuries, burns and scalds, and eye injuries
• Sudden poisoning and anaphylaxis, including the adrenaline auto injector
• Major illness: heart attack, stroke, epileptic seizure, asthma attack and diabetic emergency