EMERGENCY FIRST AID

Course duration:1 Days

Audience: Workplace Appointed Persons

Course aim:The Emergency First Aid course is designed to train individuals and company staff that require appointed person training in basic first aid skills. This course will provide first aid skills necessary to manage a patient that is not breathing normally, is unconscious or is bleeding prior to the arrival of the emergency services. The Emergency First Aid course is designed to meet the recommendations of the HSE Health and Safety at work (1981) Regulations for appointed persons in the workplace and the requirements of the Department for Children, Schools and families for first aid in schools.

Pre-training requirements:None

Maximum Instructor to student ratio:1 : 12

Period of valid certification:The certificate is valid for a maximum of three years

Throughout the course, the student will be continually assessed by the course instructor

Only on successful completion of the whole course and examination will the candidate be issued with a Certificate of Competence.

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