An Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) course is a 1-day training program that equips individuals with basic life-saving skills and knowledge of workplace health and safety regulations, enabling them to respond effectively to emergencies until professional help arrives.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
What you'll learn:
• Basic Life Support:
CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) and the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
• Managing Emergencies:
How to handle choking, unconsciousness, bleeding, shock, and other medical emergencies.
• First Aid Skills:
Practical training on assessing injuries, providing appropriate first aid for common workplace injuries, and understanding the role of a first aider.
• Workplace First Aid Responsibilities
Understanding the role of a first aider in the workplace
• Relevant Regulations:
Knowledge of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 and other relevant guidelines.
• Specific Topics Covered:
• Minor cuts, grazes, splinters, and burns.
• Choking.
• Shock.
• Wounds and bleeding.
• Unconscious casualty and recovery position.
• Bleeding and wound management.
• Recognizing and responding to shock, fainting, and seizures.
• CPR and AED use.
• Communication and casualty care.
• Role of the first aider (including knowledge of health and safety regulations).
• Defibrillator prompts and how to respond (theory based).
• Defibrillator pad placement (theory based).
• Seizures.
• Shock.
• Unresponsive adult.
• Burns and scalds.
• Choking adult.
• Helping someone who is suffering from bleeding and shock.
• Helping someone who is suffering from a burn.
• Assessing a casualty.
• Monitoring a casualty.
• Where to get help.
• Electrical incidents.
• Accident recording and reporting.
• The control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH).