Description
Emergency First Aid At Work
From 01 April 2021 learners taking their Door Supervision or Security Guard training for the first time will need to show that they hold a current and valid First Aid or Emergency First Aid certificate.
This must meet the requirements of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
Training centres must confirm that each learner is sufficiently qualified in First Aid or Emergency First Aid.
If you already have completed the first aid course, you will be required to present your First Aid or Emergency First Aid certificate to us before you start training. This certificate must be valid for at least 12 months from the course start date.
Emergency First Aid at Work qualification covering the following outcomes and understanding the role of the first aider, including:
- the importance of preventing cross-infection.
- the need for recording incidents and actions.
- use of available equipment.
- assess the situation and circumstances to act safely, promptly, and effectively in an emergency.
- administer first aid to a casualty who is unconscious (including seizure)
- administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of an automated external defibrillator.
- administer first aid to a casualty who is choking.
- administer first aid to a casualty who is wounded and bleeding.
- administer first aid to a casualty who is suffering from shock.
- provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries (including small cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds, small splinters).
