First Aid Training Course Information

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A Half day course provides a Certificate of Attendance. This course is designed to give your company first aider the knowledge and expertise to use this life saving piece of equipment. Students should retrain every 3 months. Heart conditions, Resuscitation, CPR protocol and use of AED. Please enquire at AAB FIRST Aid Training for first aid course price.

First Aid Training Course accreditation in the UK:

Currently first aid at work and first aid appointed person training are prescribed and regulated solely by the HSE, although several ambulance services and awarding bodies might be perceived play a significant role, regulation and standards are indeed an HSE matter. The HSE does currently stipulate that first aid providers follow UK resuscitation council guidelines during first aid training.

First Aid Assessment and First Aid certification:

After completing a final first aid training assessment, successful first aid candidates receive an approved first aid certificate valid for three years.  Upon successful completion of this four day first aid training course, first aiders receive certification to allow them to practise first aid for three years after which a first aid re-qualification training course becomes necessary.

First Aid in the Workplace

The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 require employers to provide adequate and appropriate first aid equipment, first aid facilities and first aid appointed personnel to enable first aid to be given to employees if they are injured or become ill at work.

The minimum first aid provision in any workplace is:

• Having a first-aid box containing the right first aid equipment
• Having a first aid person appointed to oversee first aid provision

Remember this applies to all workplaces including those with five or fewer employees, and to the self-employed.

It is important that employers have made arrangements to ensure that, if necessary, staff can receive immediate First Aid treatment in the workplace. This includes providing the right first aid equipment and first aid appointed staff to monitor supplies of this first aid equipment. Having competent First Aiders appointed in the workplace can lessen the threat of any dangerous situation and literally mean the difference between life and death. AAB First Aid Training offers you the right training with our First Aid appointed persons training course and our first aid at work training course.

Remember that accidents can happen at any time and so first aid provision needs to be available at all times. AAB FIRST AID TRAINING helps you to invest in life!

First Aid Training Course: FAQ

• What does the law say about First Aid and the work place?
• What is first aid at work?
• Who is suitable according to this HSE First Aid law to administer First Aid?
• What kind of HSE approved First Aid training courses is available?
• What is the difference between all the above HSE First Aid courses?
• What is the Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW)  course about?
• How long is the duration of this Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) course?
• Is there a special First Aid emergency training course for schools available?
• What is the FAW First Aid at Work training course?
• How long is the duration of this FAW First Aid at work training course?
• What is the Refresher First Aid at Work (RFAW) training course about?
• How many days is the Refresher first aid at Work (RFAW) course?
• What is the First Aid for Child Care (CEFA) course about?
• What is the AED First Aid course about?
• What are the training possibilities for the First Aid at work course?
• What should I consider when assessing first aid needs?
• What is a first aid box?
• What is a first aider?
• How do I choose the right first aid course?
• How is the HSE involved with first aid?
• Are First Aid at work and Emergency first aid at work training courses done outside of the UK valid?
• Does the HSE run first aid training courses?
• How long is my first aid training certificate valid for?
• What is the purpose of the refresher first aid training course?
• What are the business benefits of the first aid training course?
• Are there any benefits with regards to staff development and first aid training?

The Health and Safety (HSE First Aid) Regulations 1981 requires all employers to provide suitable first-aid equipment, First Aid facilities and First Aid personnel to enable immediate First Aid assistance to be given to employees if they are injured or become ill at work.

First aid at work is the arrangement made to give first aid assistance to people who suffer injury at the work place.

According to the HSE First Aid law a person has to undergo First Aid training approved by the HSE

The following HSE recognized First Aid courses is available: Basic First Aid Training course, Emergency First aid at Work training course (EFAW), First Aid at Work training course (FAW), First Aid at work Requalification course, First Aid at work Refresher course (RFAW), First Aid for Child Carer Training course (CEFA), Emergency First Aid for Sport course, Emergency Life support course and Defibrillators First Aid course.

Most of these HSE approved First Aid courses teaches the same principles of First Aid, while it focuses on extra individual modules which differentiates the individual courses.

This Emergency First Aid at work (EFAW)  course is designed to equip students with the essential first aid knowledge, first aid confidence and first aid skills to render first aid in any emergency situation. This course is a requirement if you want to be an appointed person in the work place as a first aid provider.

The duration for this Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) course is one day. Bookings can be made online or by ringing the AAB First Aid Training office.

Yes there is a special version of the Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW)  course available for schools. Please contact one of our HSE approved first aid trainers for more information.

The first aid at work (FAW) course is recognized by the HSE and is designed to comply with all the legal requirements from the HSE work Act. It satisfies all the first aid requirements that first aid at work persons should obey. First aid students are assessed individually for their first aid training and assessments are made by independent HSE approved first aid evaluators.

The duration of this FAW First Aid at work course is three days.

If you have already completed the three day FAW (first aid at work) training course, and wish to renew your qualification, then you can attend this refresher first aid at work course

The duration of this refresher training course (RFAW) is two days.

The first aid for child care (CEFA) training course is a two day course, specially designed to meet OFFSTED requirements for nurseries and schools.

AED is the abbreviation for automated external defibrillator. This AED First aid training course is a must for any company that has and AED machine. AAB Training can train this first aid training course at your own site at a time that suits you and your first aiders.

The approved first aid training courses can be taken over four days or over two weekends.

Some small work places will only need the minimum first aid provision.

A first aid box is a container with all the first aid help you will need to administer first aid as a first aider.

A first aider is someone who has taken first aid training and have approved qualification.

Every business in the UK is responsible according to the HSE first aid safety regulations to have first aiders. The first aid training course depends on the nature of your business and the number of employees that you have.

HSE is responsible for the first aid health and safety regulations. The HSE first aid responsibilities include enforcing first aid regulations and giving first aid information. The HSE also approves first aid training organizations, providing first aid at work (FAW) training courses.

No, the first aid at work and emergency first aid at work training courses are only issued for training carried out in Great Britain and if the training is conducted in another country, the first aid certificate will not be valid in the UK.

The HSE does not run first aid training courses. Instead, the HSE approves first aid training organizations that meet the first aid training standards for First aid at Work and Emergency first aid training courses.

FAW (First aid at work) and EFAW (Emergency first aid at work) certificates last for three years. Before their certificates expire, first-aiders will need to undertake an FAW (first aid at work) requalification course or an EFAW (emergency first aid at work) course, as appropriate, to obtain another three-year certificate.

HSE strongly recommends that first-aiders undertake annual refresher training. This will help qualified HSE first-aiders maintain their basic skills and keep up to date with any changes to the HSE first-aid procedures.

Effective first aid cover not only reduces the injury cost from first aid needing situations, but first aiders feel more relaxed when they know they are well trained to deal with first aid problems that may arise. Other employees will also feel relaxed knowing that first aid help is on hand when needed. First aid training in itself can improve first aid safety behaviour and will contribute to first aid accident prevention.

First aiders doing first aid training course fulfils many functions. It equips them with life saving first aid skills and contribute to their professional first aid development.

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