Unaccredited - First Aid at Work Refresher course syllabus.

Category: First-Aid

Level: Beginner

HSE guidelines state that employers should ensure their first aiders remain competent to perform their role. As such, it is strongly recommended that first aiders undertake annual refresher training to practise their skills and update their knowledge on the latest first aid procedures.

Over a half day period, Learners will leave with a renewed confidence having had the opportunity to practise essential first aid procedures, including: managing an unresponsive casualty, CPR, wounds and bleeding, shock and more.

The First Aid at Work Annual Refresher qualification is specifically designed to allow qualified first aiders to update their first aid skills yearly, until requalification training is required.

The unconscious casualty

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the safe use of a defibrillator

Management of a choking casualty

External bleeding and shock

Catastrophic bleeding and the use of tourniquets and haemostatic dressings