First Aid at Work (FAW)

Summary

The First Aid at Work (FAW) courses involve at least 18 hours of training conducted over either 3 days or multiple shorter sessions. This particular level of First Aid training is designed to give participants knowledge and skills to be able to administer first aid to injured or ill persons in a higher risk environment, such as the transport industry, light engineering and assembly work, food processing, warehousing, extensive work with dangerous machinery or sharp instruments, construction and chemical manufacture. This course can be tailored to any relevant environment and is most commonly delivered as an in-house course, contextualised for your workplace hazards as described above. During the course, we will cover numerous first aid skills which will be taught practically whilst referring to a presentation, in a designated training area with numerous scenarios to suit your company or individual needs. We will cover in some depth, an injured person who may not be breathing or is unresponsive. To gain some experience and practical knowledge during your First Aid training course, you will be asked to:

• Apply a sling
• Dress a wound to stem blood loss
• Demonstrate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• Put a simulated patient in the recovery position
• Practice methods to stop someone from choking

By the end of the course you will be competent in the management of an injured person, be that a person who is choking or someone who has a major break in their bones.

Subjects Covered

• Vital signs – breathing, level of consciousness, temperature, colour
• Casualty Monitoring and protection
• Incident management – a systematic approach to managing first aid incidents - ABCDE
• Airway Management – causes and treatment of unconscious collapse
• Recovery Positions and other safe airway positions
• Breathing Problems - cardiac arrest CPR in adults and children, drowning CPR
• Heart attack, Angina
• Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) training
• Choking in adults and children
• Circulation Problems – Internal bleeding, external bleeding and treatment for Shock
• Bandaging issues
• Damage – Recognition and treatment of injuries to: chest, abdomen, pelvis, leg & arm
• Head and spinal injuries and spinal management, inc. helmet removal
• Common Illnesses – Asthma, Diabetes and Epilepsy
• Dealing with burns
• Dealing with poisons
• Animal bites and stings
• Awareness of current regulations
• Incident reporting and Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR)

Occupation Examples

Types of Jobs/workplaces that need First Aid at Work or provisions

• Building Sites
• Office workplaces
• Self-employed trades
• Youth activity centres (Scouts/Guides/Cadets/DofE)
• Warehouses
• Haulage
• Public Retail Stores
• Schools/nurseries
• Hospitality Industry
• Manufacturing Facilities

The following positions could be available in your workplace, after completing the First Aid at work qualification. These positions are extra responsibilities on top of your current role and in some cases, organisations remunerate for extra responsibility in the workplace.

• Lead First Aider
• Deputy First Aider
• Shift First Aider
• First Aid Manager
• First Aid Compliance Auditer

Flexible Training

We can offer training to suit your personal or companies needs; for example for group bookings - we can offer flexible training solutions such as:

• Weekends
• Night training
• Shift orientated timings
• First Aid Lincoln Site training
• Your premesis training
• Building/construction site training
• Flexible training syllabus that offers tailored training to:
• Age group
• Environment
• Hospitality Industry
• Manufacturing Facilities