Emergency First Aid at Work

AIM: This course is aimed at all staff and volunteers working in health and social care

Duration: Full day

At the end of the course participants will:

  • Understand the role and responsibilities of an emergency first aider
  • Know how to assess an incident
  • Manage an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally
  • Manage an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing normally
  • Recognise and assist a casualty who is choking
  • Manage a casualty who is wounded and bleeding
  • Manage a casualty who is in shock
  • Understand how to manage a casualty with a minor injury

The Emergency First Aid at Work course (EFAW) is ideal for all businesses whose risk assessment has identified that there is no requirement for a fully trained first aider for their workplace. The certificate is valid for 3 years. To renew you need to attend another EFAW 6 hour course.

Training is 1 day (09.30-16.30) in-person, in Leeds and costs £99.