EFAW - Emergency First Aid At Work
Where an organisation’s risk assessment of First Aid needs identifies that there is a requirement for Emergency First Aid at Work practitioners, then this national Award in Emergency First Aid at Work satisfies the requirements of the regulatory body for First Aid – the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
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All learners will have the skills and knowledge to provide the organisation with Emergency First Aider’s that can provide treatment to their casualties in a prompt, safe and effective manner.
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Syllabus
• What is first aid?
• Legislation
• Responsibilities
• Action in an emergency
• Primary survey
• Secondary assessment
• The respiratory system
• Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillation
• Disorders of respiration
• Disorders of circulation
• Wounds and bleeding
• Epilepsy
• Minor burns and scalds
• Foreign objects
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Qualification information
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Level 3 award in emergency first aid at work (England, Wales & NI)
Level 6 award in emergency first aid at work (Scotland)
Course cost – £70
Contact hours – 6-10
Maximum course spaces – 12
Certificate – 3 years
Minimum age – 14 years but cannot act as a first aider in a workplace till 16
