Practical First Aid
First Aid for Doctors, Nurses and GP Practices – BLS First Aid
Helping you maintain annual requirement for els and aed training
Time: 2-3 Hour
Certificate valid for 3 years
Covers Basic Life Support
- All heath professionals needing to update their mandatory Basic Life Support training and CPD
- For larger Practices needing a regulated first aider, they should book onto the Fully Regulated EFAW course.
Courses are tailored to the individual needs of the Practice and team. They will cover CPR, Recovery Position, using an AED and Anaphylaxis. Other topics can be included with time permitting.
By the end of the course you will have learnt:
- Prioritising injuries and action in an emergency.
- How to provide immediate medical care in an emergency.
- How to assess if someone is unconscious, whether or not they are breathing and how and when to put them into the recovery position or start CPR.
- Baby first aid and Child First Aid are included and we will always tailor the course to the requirements of your work.
- Managing an incident
- Priorities of First Aid
- Treatment of an unconscious adult, baby and child who is breathing – recovery position
- Treatment of an unconscious adult, baby or child who is not breathing – CPR
- Importance of a defibrillator and how to use an AED
- Heart Attack and Angina*
- Anaphylaxis (using Auto-injectors)
Ideally 3 hours. However we will always do our best to condense the training in line with the time constraints of the Practice. We will need at least 90 minutes to cover the full BLS with your group.
Summary:
If you are an individual needing first aid training, please book onto our scheduled emergency first aid course and let us know you are a medical or health professional, we will then cover all the elements you need for your mandatory training.
First Aid for Life is an Award winning fully regulated and Ofqual Approved First Aid Training Business and our trainers are highly experienced Medical and Emergency Services Professionals.
We have particular expertise training GP Practices in line with QOF requirements and are unique in the calibre and professionalism of our trainers, who are incredibly knowledgeable, flexible and engaging and the feedback has always been outstanding.
Our courses will be adapted to suit your time constraints. For GP Practice courses, we typically cover: CPR, Heart Attacks, Recovery position, Anaphylaxis, choking and Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). However, this is your course and we will tailor the content entirely to your requirements and will bring ample adult, baby and child mannequins.
QOF recommends that all clinical staff update their Emergency Life Support training every 18 months and non-clinical every 3 years. Defibrillator training should be undertaken annually.
We would be delighted to come and run a course for your Practice. Our courses can be adapted to suit your time constraints and within the GP Practice courses we typically cover: CPR, Heart Attacks, Recovery position, Anaphylaxis, choking and Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). However this is your course and we will tailor the content entirely to your requirements and will bring ample adult, baby and child mannequins.
Individual doctors and health professionals can book onto one of our scheduled Emergency Courses and we will cover all the areas that you need – ELS, Defibrillator, choking and anaphylaxis.
For Group enquiries, please send an email to emma@firstaidforlife.org.uk
If you need a Regulated First Aider for your Practice, please book onto one of our full day regulated EFAW courses
Details:
If you’re a medical or health professional, you can book one of our scheduled Emergency First Aid courses or invite our award-winning, Ofqual-approved trainers to run a tailored session at your GP practice. Our highly experienced instructors cover everything from CPR, AED use and recovery positioning to anaphylaxis and choking, meeting QOF and GDC requirements and adapting to your time constraints with ample adult, baby and child mannequins.
