Delivered by accredited experts at Acadame, our QNUK Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work Course is packed full of the essential information. On our one day program, learners will develop the skills and knowledge needed to deal with a range of emergency first aid situations. These situations include managing an unresponsive casualty, CPR, choking, shock, wounds, bleeding, and minor injuries.
This Emergency First Aid at Work qualification is designed for those who have a specific responsibility at work, to provide first aid in a range of emergency first aid situations. It is also ideal for people who have a specific responsibility to provide basic first aid in voluntary and community activities.
Learners are assessed for this emergency first aid qualification using the following methods:
Multiple choice question paper
Practical observation
The assessment will take place under examination conditions, i.e., learners will sit at least 1.25 metres apart and will not be allowed to confer during the examination. No books, including dictionaries, will be permitted during the examination.
Employers are required to carry out an assessment of first-aid needs. This involves consideration of workplace hazards and risks, the size of the organisation and other relevant factors, to determine what first-aid equipment, facilities and personnel should be provided.
If in doubt, we can provide a consultancy service. There is also a free HSE leaflet, which contains a useful checklist covering the points employers should consider when carrying out the assessment.
Understand the role and responsibilities of a first aider:
Be able to assess an incident:
Be able to provide First Aid to an unresponsive casualty:
Be able to provide First Aid to a casualty who is choking; when choking is:
mild
severe
Be able to provide First Aid to a casualty with external bleeding:
Know how to provide First Aid to a casualty who is in shock:
Know how to provide First Aid to a casualty with minor injuries:
small cuts
grazes
bruises
small splinters
How to administer First Aid to a casualty with minor burns and scalds:
learners will know how to deal with minor burns and scalds in line with accepted current practice as outlined in the Voluntary Aids Society First Aid Manual.
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.
What is ‘adequate and appropriate’ will depend on the circumstances in your workplace and you should assess what your first-aid needs are.
The minimum first-aid provision on any work site is: a suitably stocked first-aid kit; an appointed person to take charge of first-aid arrangements; information for employees about first-aid arrangements. It is important to remember that accidents and illness can happen at any time. Provision for first aid needs to be available at all times people are at work.
The classroom course is held over 1 day.
Yes. On successful completion the learner will receive an accredited certificate. The certificate will be forwarded at a later date. A proof of pass can be immediately provided if required though.
Certification for this course is valid for 3 years but the HSE recommends a refresher course every year. To remain certified in this area, you will need to take the refresher course before the expiry date.
This qualification is aimed at those over 16 who are able to undertake the responsibilities associated with being a workplace emergency first aider.
Learners between 14-16 years can undertake the qualification, however they should not be relied upon by employers to be a sole emergency first aider.
Due to the language of the assessment, it is recommended that learners have sufficient command of the English language in order to understand the assessment and to undertake the recommended assessment methods.
Attendees will be required to demonstrate First Aid procedures as they would in a real work environment. This includes providing CPR to a casualty who is on the floor, therefore be physically capable of doing so.
We know that Health and safety training is often seen as a dull and necessary evil, so our aim is to bring to the market a new and modern, twist to this and promote good working practices in a fun, modern and memorable way.
