Why Appointed Persons First Aid
Employers have an obligation under the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 to provide appropriate and adequate First Aid Provision for their workforce. It must be considered that someone is trained, confident and competent to undertake First Aid duties at all times when people are at work and this includes covering shift workers.
Benefits of Training
A good training course will ensure that the appointed persons understand and can carry out emergency procedures. Investing in staff training can prove positively in the following:
- Safeguarding the possibility of a quick and appropriate response to emergencies.
- Increasing staff moral.
- Reducing or eliminating the concern of legal action.
- Increasing staff job satisfaction.
- Reducing staff turnover.
- Increasing productivity, Improving staff skills.
Appointed Persons First Aid
The course aim is to give named appointed persons the confidence and competence to deal with emergency situations, and to carry out procedure to best benefit the casualty and other workers in the workplace.
Course Content
- Insight into Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations.
- Managing an incident.
- Priorities of First Aid.
- Treatment of an unconscious casualty.
- Resuscitation.
- Dealing with choking.
- Control of bleeding.
- Treatment for shock.
Length of Course
Duration of the course is one day.
Accreditation Format
Assessment is continuous throughout the and candidates are expected to actively participate in the practical procedures, which include working closely with other people and applying first aid to the training models.
Course Venues
Can be delivered on site, or off site for small groups if room is not available at the company. Individuals booking on a course are charged at £65 per person.