Course Overview

This programme follows the knowledge content of the one-day Emergency First Aid at Work and paediatric courses, with the addition of heart attack and stroke. It will assist you in developing the skills necessary to enable you to assess the scene of an incident, carry out lifesaving checks on a casualty, give first aid if necessary, and whilst doing this, keep yourself safe.

Key features

• A level 2 programme (as graded against the nationally accepted levels and equivalent to GCSE grades A* – C).
• Four modules with multiple choice questionnaires.
• Four CPD hours with a personalised downloadable certificate.
• 70% pass mark.
• Additional resources for further learning and reference.
• Interactive video and game content to underpin learning
• This programme has been mapped to the Care Certificate and the CSTF for health.

Target audience

This programme has been developed for anyone who works in a health or social care setting to give them the confidence to provide emergency assistance.

 Programme objectives

This programme provides a thorough guide on how to handle an incident that may require first aid. The programme will not qualify you as a first aider, but it is designed to give you confidence to know what to do when someone urgently needs your help.

1. Understanding DR ABC
2. How to provide basic life support for adults, children and infants, including using defibrillator.
3. How to react in life threatening situations, with highly engaging interactive video content that enables you to practice your first aid skills.
4. For health workers: How to recognise patient deterioration
5. How to deal with an adult, child or infant who is in shock, choking, drowning, seizing, bleeding or having an allergic reaction.
6. Understand what to do if somebody has a broken bone or experienced a burn.
7. How to recognise if someone is having a stroke or heart attack.
8. How to handle day-to-day incidents.
9. The first aid box and what it should contain