FIRST AID AT WORK & SAFE USE OF AN AED LEVEL 3
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First Aid at Work Course
The Level 3 First Aid at Work (statutory) course complies with the current Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981. Successful students receive certificates to show that they are qualified to be First Aiders in the workplace for the next three years. This course includes Defibrillator (AED) training.
The Level 3 International Award in First Aid at Work and the Safe Use of an Automated External Defibrillator is a qualification aimed at providing candidates with the necessary knowledge, understanding, and skills to support first aid and the use of a defibrillator in the workplace.
Overview
Learners gaining this qualification will know basic emergency first-aid procedures and will be able to use a defibrillator correctly. The topics covered will help to maintain good practice in safe, prompt, and effective emergency first-aid treatment of individuals & much more.
Who should attend?
A person who has been designated as a first aider at work. All employers in the UK have a legal obligation to make First Aid provision for their employees.
1 Understand the role and responsibilities of a first aider
- State the role and responsibilities of a first aider
- Identify how to minimize the risk of infection to yourself and others
- Identify recommended first aid kit content requirement
2 Know how to assess an incident
- Conduct a scene survey
- Conduct a primary survey of a casualty
- Call for help to support a casualty
- Conduct a head to toe survey
3 Be able to manage an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally
- Assess a casualty’s level of consciousness
- Open a casualty’s airway and check breathing
- Place an unresponsive casualty in the recovery position
- Manage a casualty who is in seizure
4 Know how to manage a casualty who is not breathing normally and unresponsive
- Identify when cardio pulmonary resuscitation is needed
- Demonstrate cardio pulmonary resuscitation using a manikin
5 Know how to recognize and assist a casualty who is choking
- Identify the signs of a partially and completely blocked airway
- Demonstrate first aid for a partially and completely blocked airway
6 Know how to recognize and assist a casualty with a minor injury
- Identify the different types of external bleeding
- Demonstrate first aid for controlling external bleeding
- Demonstrate first aid for a casualty with small cuts, grazes and bruises
7 Know how to manage a casualty who is in shock
- Identify the typical signs and symptoms of shock
- Demonstrate first aid for a casualty who is in shock
8 Know how to administer first aid to a casualty with injuries to bones, muscles and joints
- Recognize suspected fractures, dislocations and sprains and strains
- Demonstrate first aid for a casualty with a fracture, dislocation and sprain/strain
9 Know how to administer first aid to a casualty with suspected head and spinal injuries
- Recognize suspected concussion, skull fracture, cerebral compression and spinal injury
- Demonstrate first aid for a casualty with a suspected concussion, skull fracture, cerebral compression and spinal injury
10 Know how to administer first aid to a casualty with suspected chest injuries
- Recognize different types of chest injury
- Administer first aid for a chest injury
11 Know how to administer first aid to a casualty with burns and scalds
- Recognize factors that could affect the severity of a burn and scald
- Demonstrate first aid for burns involving dry heat, wet heat, electricity and chemicals
12 Know how to administer first aid to a casualty with an eye injury
- Give examples of common eye injuries
- Administer first aid for eye injuries involving dust, chemicals and embedded objects
13 Know how to administer first aid to a casualty with sudden poisoning
- Identify the routes that poisons can take to enter the body
- Administer immediate first aid to a casualty affected by sudden poisoning
- Identify sources of information for treating those affected by sudden poisoning
14 Know how to administer first aid to a casualty with anaphylaxis
- Identify common triggers for anaphylaxis
- Recognize signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis
- Administer immediate first aid for a casualty suffering from anaphylaxis
15 Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with suspected major illness
- Recognize signs and symptoms for a casualty suffering from a heart attack, stroke, epilepsy, asthma and diabetes
- Demonstrate first aid for a casualty suffering from major illnesses including heart attack, stroke, epilepsy, asthma and diabetes
16 Know how to safely use an automated external defibrillator (AED)
- Describe the differences between using an AED on an adult and child
- Identify safety considerations when using an automated external defibrillator
- Demonstrate the correct placement of AED electrode pads on a manikin
- Follow AED voice prompts accurately
- Demonstrate how to combine the use of an automated external defibrillator with minimal interruptions in cardiopulmonary resuscitation using a manikin
- Demonstrate the safe delivery of AED shock
- State the procedures if the casualty shows signs of life and starts to breath normally
- Identify the information required when handing over the casualty
- 1 Program Certificate
- Training Record Card
- Free Course Certificate
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Module Quiz
Each course is structured into modules, and at the conclusion of each module, there is a quiz intended to assist students in assessing their grasp of the course material. Once the student submits their quiz responses, they will receive the correct answers for review. Please note that quiz results are not stored and can be retaken multiple times.
Course Exam
Upon completing the course material and module quizzes, students have the opportunity to take the course exam. The course exam is specifically crafted to evaluate the students' comprehension of the course content. These exams consist of multiple-choice questions drawn from our comprehensive question bank.
Exam Characteristics
- Students are allotted a two-hour timeframe to complete the course exam.
- To pass the exam, you must attain a minimum score of 70%.
- If you do not pass the exam, you have the option to retake it.
- Students are permitted to take an exam a maximum of three (3) times within a 48-hour period.
- Following the third attempt, students must wait for a 48-hour period before they can make another attempt at the exam. During this interval, it is recommended that students review the course material to enhance their comprehension.
- After each exam, students will receive an email containing references (module and tab) to the content related to the questions they answered incorrectly. Students are strongly encouraged to review the course material associated with these references to enhance their understanding.
- If you successfully pass the exam, you are not permitted to retake the exam to improve your score.