Introduction
Clear overview and orientation to set the tone for professional delivery.
Module 1: Responsibilities of the First Aider
Core duties, scene safety, consent, legal expectations, equipment, emergency services contact, infection control, and reporting.
Module 2: First Aid Requirements in the Workplace
UK legal framework, first-aid needs assessments, workplace provisions, incident recording, RIDDOR guidance, and post-incident procedures.
Module 3: Assessing an Incident
SAFE assessment, primary survey, AVPU, casualty communication, secondary survey, recovery position, and initial CPR actions.
Module 4: Managing an Unresponsive Casualty
Principles of resuscitation, respiratory system essentials, chest compressions, rescue breaths, CPR sequence, chain of survival, and AED use.
Module 5: The Respiratory System and Airway Obstruction
Recognising choking, identifying mild and severe obstruction, and applying correct intervention steps.
Module 6: Wounds and Bleeding
Circulatory system basics, types of bleeding, treatment steps, shock risks, and managing embedded objects safely.
Module 7: Shock and Anaphylaxis
Identifying hypovolaemic shock, essential treatment actions, and recognising severe allergic reactions requiring immediate intervention.
Module 8: Seizures
Understanding partial and generalised seizures, safe intervention, timing, and when to call emergency services.
Module 9: Managing Minor Injuries
Bruises, cuts, grazes, burns, scalds, splinters, and common foreign-object injuries affecting the ears, nose, or eyes.
Module 10: Common Workplace Injuries and Medical Emergencies
Fractures, dislocations, head injuries, spinal injuries, heart attacks, strokes, diabetes-related emergencies, nosebleeds, amputations, poisoning, and asthma.
