Safety Training
Aims:
This course will enable employers to meet their legal obligations as set out in the Safety Health & Welfare at Work(general Applications) Regulations 2007. The comprehensive 3 day course will cover all aspects of the Occupational First Aid requirements as outlined by the Health & Safety Authority and Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council.
The course is broken down into 11 units and includes Cardiac First Responder training in automated external defibrillators and administering aspirin for suspected heart attack.
All delegates receive a comprehensive First Aid manual
Course Content:
Course objectives:
At the completion of this First Aid Response course learners will be able to:
• deal with life threatening or potentially life threatening conditions in the pre-hospital environment until arrival of emergency medical services.
• provide First Aid Response for conditions not thought to be life-threatening but are necessary to prevent further harm before the emergency medical services arrive.
• provide pre-hospital First Aid Response in a wide range of environments including home and recreational settings.
• display the requisite personal skills including composure, competence and self-confidence while understanding their limitations.
• recognise and be able to cope with the additional challenges provided by “Special Circumstances” for which additional training must be completed
• deal with life threatening or potentially life threatening conditions in the pre-hospital environment until arrival of emergency medical services.
• provide First Aid Response for conditions not thought to be life-threatening but are necessary to prevent further harm before the emergency medical services arrive.
• provide pre-hospital First Aid Response in a wide range of environments including home and recreational settings.
• display the requisite personal skills including composure, competence and self-confidence while understanding their limitations.
• recognise and be able to cope with the additional challenges provided by “Special Circumstances” for which additional training must be completed
Course Content
Module 6 Care of the Unconscious patient Module 7 Burns and Electrical Injury Module 8 Hypothermia and hyperthermia Module 9 & 10 Information management and Communications Module 11 Wellbeing of the First Aid Responder
For more information on progession of first aid skills please see www.phecit.ie
Course Duration
3 DaysNumber of Delegates
8 maximum per courseCertification
PHECC First Aid Responder certificate valid for 2 years
