The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recommends that all first aiders – both Emergency First Aid at Work and First Aid at Work complete an annual half-day refresher course. This is to help maintain their basic skills and keep up-to-date with any changes to first-aid procedures.
Outline Programme
Candidates will practise and be assessed on the skills needed to administer first aid to a casualty who is:
- unconscious
- not breathing
- choking
- bleeding from a wound
- in shock.
Delivery
Duration: half-day programme
Ofqual accredited: no
Delivery style: three-hour training programme with assessment throughout
Assessment: practical assessment
Pre-requisite: Level 2 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work OR HSE-approved First Aid at Work
Suggested progression: None
About the Annual First Aid Refresher
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