Emergency First Aid at Work Award (Level 3 Qualification)

Course Overview

Emergency First Aid at Work Award (Level 3 Qualification)

The Level 3 Emergency First Aid at Work Award will prepare you to respond to accidents and medical emergencies in the workplace. You will learn essential first aid skills to assist colleagues and customers in the event of sudden illness or injury. This course will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to provide life-saving care, ensuring a safer work environment while meeting legal first aid requirements.

Course Content
The qualification has been written for those wishing to become first aiders in their place of work, and covers the vital skills necessary to provide prompt and effective first aid.

The qualification meets the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) requirements for training first aiders in those organisations that have identified that staff need to be trained to this level within their first-aid needs assessment. It will also ensure your first-aiders are approved to deliver first aid for three years, after which they will need to retake the course.

Topics include:

• Roles and responsibilities of the first aider
• How to assess an incident
• Recognising signs and symptoms of injury and illness
• First aid skills in CPR and use of an AED
• Assisting a casualty who is suffering from major injury and illness such as chest injuries, spinal injuries and anaphylaxis