Basic First Aid
This 4-hour course will enable delegates to have a better understanding of basic first aid.
Target group
The course is aimed at any employee/volunteer who is working in areas where an emergency may arise, but who does not need emergency first aid or first aid at work qualifications.
Outcomes of the course
Delegates will be able to identify an emergency situation, ensure the safety of themselves a casualty or the public, summon appropriate help, perform lifesaving skills, prevent a casualty’s condition from deteriorating, promote recovery of a casualty, recognise the legal requirements and responsibility of an appointed person.
The study topics include
- Assessing a situation
- Assessing a casualty
- Calling for assistance
- Resuscitation
- Unconsciousness
- Control of haemorrhage
- Fractures
- Recording incidents and first aid kits
Emergency First Aid at work
This full day course will enable delegates to have a better understanding of emergency first aid at work.
Target group
The course is aimed at any employee/volunteer who is working in areas where an emergency may arise, volunteers should be calm, reliable and have the aptitude and ability to cope with a course of study.
Outcomes of the course
Delegates will be able to identify an emergency situation, ensure the safety of themselves a casualty or the public, summon appropriate help, perform lifesaving skills, prevent a casualty’s condition from deteriorating, promote recovery of a casualty, recognise the legal requirements and responsibility of an appointed person.
The study topics include
- Assessing a situation
- Dealing with danger
- Assessing a casualty
- Calling for assistance
- Resuscitation
- Unconsciousness
- Control of haemorrhage
- Recording incidents
First Aid at Work certificate course
This is a three-day course will enable delegates to have a better understanding of emergency first aid at work.
Target group
The course is aimed at any employee/volunteer within the workplace which demands cover from a First Aider with a current First Aid at Work Certificate. Volunteers should be calm, reliable and have the aptitude and ability to cope with a course of study. They should be able to leave their place of work immediately to attend an emergency.
Outcomes of the course
Delegates will be able to identify an emergency, ensure the safety of themselves a casualty or the public, assess the extent of an injury or illness, summon appropriate help, perform lifesaving skills, prevent a casualty’s condition from deteriorating, promote recovery of a casualty, recognise the legal requirements and responsibility of an appointed person.
The study topics include
- Definition of First Aid
- Assessing the situation
- Dealing with danger
- Calling for assistance
- Examining a casualty
- Resuscitation
- Unconsciousness
- Control of a haemorrhage
- Anaphylaxis
- Anatomy and physiology of the human body
- Dealing with sudden illness
- Dealing with the immediate effects of injury: fractures, sprains, strains
- Dealing with minor injuries
- Legal aspects
- Responsibilities and limitations of a first aider
- Recording treatment given/action taken
Infectious diseases
This 2-hour session can be bespoke to address specific workplace issues, such as Hepatitis B or be generalised to cover a number of common infectious agents.
All courses will cover prevention of infection, universal hygiene precautions such as hand washing and safe disposal of infected materials/substances.
Target group
All employees who may come into contact with body fluids and other potentially infectious material at work
All front-line workers at risk of passing on infection to vulnerable service users.
Course objectives
- Enable staff to develop and utilise safe systems of work to minimise any infection risk.
- Enable staff to develop strategies that will enable them to minimise risks of contracting or passing on infection.
The study topics include
- Coventry City Council Policy and guidance on infectious diseases
- How infectious agents are spread
- Risk assessment and identifying hazards
- Developing safe systems of work
- Preventative action to minimise risks – universal hygiene precautions
- Dealing safely with body fluids
- Disposal of infected waste
Other Occupational Health training courses
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- Bespoke healthy lifestyle
- Bespoke musculoskeletal