Emergency First Aid at Work Course (EFAW)

Course Aim:

To give instruction in the procedures required in the event of person(s) taken ill or injured in the workplace.

Overview:

By the end of the course students should be able to:

• Know the action to take in an emergency situation
• Know and demonstrate basic life saving techniques
• Diagnose and deal with injury and illness in the workplace

Suitable for:

Emergency First Aiders in the work place

The Programme Topic areas are:

Session 1

• Administration procedures and course overview
• Respiration and hypoxia
• Nervous system problems (unconsciousness)
• The recovery position
• Circulatory disorders
• Legislation

General Objectives:

By the end of this session students should be able to:
Know the requirements of the EFAW
Know how to check levels of response
Appreciate the reasons for using the recovery position

Specific Objectives:

By the end of this session students should be able to:

• Define the aims of first aid
• Identify hazards to respiration
• Demonstrate how to examine an unconscious casualty
• Demonstrate the correct procedure of placing a casualty in the recovery position

The Programme Topic Areas are:

Session 2

• CPR
• Wound and bleeding
• Burns and scalds
  
  General Objectives:

By the end of this session students should be able to:

• Perform CPR
• Understand the treatment for bleeding
• Understand the treatment of burns
  
  Specific Objectives:

By the end of this session students should be able to:

• Demonstrate the treatment for bleeding
• List three signs of a heart attack/cardiac arrest
• Explain the treatment for burns