Corporate First Aid

Corporate First Aid at Work (4 days)

Centurion offers this comprehensive Health and Safety Executive-approved First Aid at Work course, in accordance with the UK Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.

The course covers 4 full days and combines theory with hands-on practical exercises.

At the end of the course, candidates will have covered aims and objectives of first aid, first aid priorities, managing an incident, prioritising casualties, examining a casualty, basic life support, dealing with an unconscious casualty, controlling bleeding, common medical emergencies, e.g. epilepsy, asthma, stroke, etc., heart attacks, eye injuries, shock, dressings, fractures, dislocations and sprains, management of burns and scalds, casualty handling, recording and reporting, first aid kits and contents, and regulations.

Candidates who successfully complete the course will be issued with a certificate, valid for 3 years, stating they have qualified to become First Aiders in the Workplace, in accordance with the UK Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

Before expiry of this certificate, candidates must undertake a 2-day Refresher course, which will then extend their certification for a further 3 years.

Graduates of the 4-day First Aid at Work course will receive a copy of The Resuscitation Council (UK) booklet entitled The 1998 Resuscitation Guidelines for use in the UK.