This course is designed for anyone who may find themselves the first person at the scene of an incident involving a casualty. This may include a workplace environment - including shops, restaurants or in an office - whilst volunteering, or in a personal capacity such as an accident or an incident at home.

An Employers' legal duties includes (but not limited) making an assessment of the hazards and risks in your workplace and establishing an appropriate level of first aid provision. An employer should at all times, ensure that any employee who is injured or taken ill at work receives immediate and or adequate first aid attention.

Why take this first aid course?

This course teaches learners to follow the Resuscitation Council (UK) Guidelines for basic to advanced life support training. Learners will be taught what to do if they are first on the scene of an incident, how to assess the situation as a potential danger zone and understand the importance of the recovery position and how they may apply it.

Upon completion of this course, learners will understand what is meant by the AVPU scale (Alert, Voice, Pain, and Unresponsive), be able to follow guidelines for the use of Automated External Defibrillators and know the key processes to follow in an emergency and what to do for each one: Danger, Response, Shout, Airway, Breathing, and Circulation.

Who should take this course?

This course is suitable for anyone who needs to:

• Carry out first aid risk assessment

• Learn new first aid skills

• Refresh your first aid skills

• Gain new first aid knowledge

• Keep their first aid skills up-to-date

First Aid training outcomes

Upon Completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Know what to do if you are first on the scene of an accident

• Be able to assess the situation as a potential danger zone

• Understand what is meant by AVPU

• Understand Danger, Response, Airways, Breathing and Circulation

• Understand the importance of the recovery position and how to apply it

Where is this course applicable?

This course is suitable for anyone working in:

• Cafes

• Low risk commercial environments

• Offices

• Restaurants

• Schools

• Shopping centers

• Shops

• Supermarkets

In this module we are going to take you through the basics of what to do when you first come across an incident.