Course Overview

This course, validated by Highfield Qualifications, refreshes and updates your skills and knowledge so that you can renew your certificate. You must bring your original First Aid at Work Certificate to the opening day of the course. You will complete a course workbook and three practical assessments.

Course Content

• Health and safety regulations
• Being a first aider
• Assessment of first aid situations
• Summoning the emergency services
• Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Top to toe survey
• Using a defibrillator
• Recovery position
• Respiratory disorders
• Anaphylactic shock
• Unconsciousness and impaired consciousness
• The circulatory system
• Wounds and bleeding
• Bone, joint and muscle injuries
• Use of slings
• Burns and scalds
• Poisoning
• Effects of extreme heat and cold
• Handling and transporting casualties
• Miscellaneous conditions
• First aid box content