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Who is the Emergency First Aid at Work Course for?

The Emergency First Aid at Work course is for Appointed Persons. This is the minimum level of first aid training for the workplace, appropriate for low-risk environments or for those acting in the absence of a fully qualified First Aider.

What You’ll Learn

To be able to provide basic life support delegates will receive training in a range of Appointed Person First Aid subjects, including:

  • Aims and Principles of First Aid
  • Action at an Emergency
  • Basic Life Support
  • Management of the Unconscious Casualty
  • Assessment and treatment of a casualty who is wounded, bleeding or shocked
  • Assessment and treatment of fractures, dislocations and soft tissue injuries
  • Assessment and treatment of burns
  • AED (use of an AED, chain of survival)

Emergency First Aid Course Entry Requirements

Please ensure all delegates are free of any condition that will prohibit them from participating fully during the practical aspects of the course. There are no pre-requisites to attend the Emergency First Aid at Work course.

Duration

  • One Day

First Aid Certification

On completion of this basic life support course, delegates will receive a First Aid certificate of attendance to the standard of Emergency First Aid at Work for Appointed Person. Certificates are issued by the British Red Cross a couple of weeks after the completion date of the course.

Please ensure you are free of any condition that will prohibit you from participating fully during the practical aspects of this emergency first aid at work course.

Renewing our Qualification

If you wish to renew your Emergency First Aid at Work certificate you will need to resit the course every three years.

Since the 1st October 2013 the Health and Safety Executive is not required to formally approve first aid training and qualifications for the workplace. The law still states that employers should provide adequate and appropriate equipment and personnel to provide assistance to injured or ill colleagues, and provide trained first aiders based on their own needs assessment, this has not changed. The HSE will still ensure a standard of first aid training for the workplace is maintained.

A First Aid Training Provider You Can Trust

You must ensure that where your needs assessment indicates you need first aiders, they receive training that will teach them the necessary first aid skills and leave them feeling confident that they could respond to an emergency. To guarantee this, you should pick a training provider you can trust.

British Red Cross & St. John Ambulance

All scheduled First Aid at Work courses advertised on our website are delivered by the British Red Cross and St. John Ambulance.

British Red Cross

The British Red Cross is a volunteer-led humanitarian organisation that helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. They are mentioned by the HSE in the new guidance as a standard setter for currently accepted practice in relation to the topics covered on first aid courses. They are one of the worlds leading first aid training organisations delivering first aid courses of the highest quality and standard to some of the worlds leading organisations. When you book a course with Envico you are helping to fund their humanitarian work and the first aid advice and support continues after your course ends.

St. John Ambulance

St. John Ambulance are a charity that steps forward in the moments that matter, to save lives and keep communities safe. All of St. John Ambulance charitable work is entirely funded by donations, they we are a market leader in the provision of workplace training, first aid supplies and event and ambulance services.

To view which of these organisations deliver the course click the red ‘view details’ button when you’ve found the right location and date within our course search results.