The Emergency First Response First Aid At Work Requalification Course can be completed up to three months prior to the expire date on the original FAAW certificate. This course is run over a period of two days.

Emergency First Response First Aid At Work programs meet the HSE recommendations and can be used to meet the requirements for employers to provide First Aid training for employees.

The course covers the following skills:

Primary Care (CPR)

Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) teaches you how to deal with emergencies that are immediately life threatening.. You will focus on primary care through a combination of knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice to make sure you have the knowledge, understanding and confidence to use your skills. Here are the Primary Care (CPR) skills:

• Scene Assessment 
• Barrier Use 
• Primary Assessment 
• CPR – Chest Compression 
• CPR - Chest Compressions combined with Rescue Breathing
• Automated External Defibrillator Use 
• Serious bleeding management 
• Shock management 
• Spinal injury management 
• Conscious/Unconscious Choking Adult

You may also participate in an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training component, learn how to help a conscious choking adult and have an emergency oxygen use orientation. 

Secondary Care (first aid)

Secondary Care (first aid) covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life threatening or when local EMS is unavailable or delayed. You focus on secondary assessment and first aid through knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice. The Secondary Care (first aid) skills are: 

• Injury Assessment 
• Illness Assessment 
• Bandaging 
• Splinting for Dislocations and Fractures 
• Practical Assessments

The course includes an additional supplement including the regulatory information needed for First Aiders in the workplace, specifically in Great Britain and Northern Ireland which includes

• First Aid At Work Supplement
• Regulations
• Assessment needs of the Workplace
• The First Aid Kit
• Duties of a First Aider
• Moving and Transporting Casualties

This Three day course affords a 3 year certification and candidates are encouraged to take regular refresher training.  

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