Emergency First Aid At Work – Refresher

Duration 50 minutes

HSE recommend that anyone who has successfully qualified in First Aid, should have a refresher each year, particularly as the chances of having to use the knowledge and skills, may not occur for years, if at all, and it is easy to forget what you have learnt.

​This course is the ideal vehicle to refresh that knowledge and skills, although it obviously is not a practical course. It will give First Aiders a reminder about areas such as primary survey, secondary survey and a recap of some of the treatment that they may be asked to provide.

Note:  This is the HSE recommended annual refresher – it is NOT a requalification which can only be done in the classroom

​Emergency First Aid at Work Refresher  Course Content

1 Primary Survey

In a first aid situation, your priority is to quickly and calmly assess what’s happened and who needs help. In this section we will cover the primary survey, this is made up of 5 steps, which you can remember using DR ABC, which stands for danger, response, airway, breathing and circulation – we’ll be covering these in this section.

2 Secondary Survey

Once you have completed your primary survey and dealt with any urgent conditions, you should now assess what is wrong with the casualty. This will include, looking for a medic alert bracelet or medication in their pockets that might tell you about an existing medical condition, as well as asking questions and checking for injuries.

3 First Aid Treatment

In this final section, you will refresh your memory on essential procedures or treatments that you may need to perform to someone at work. You will look at: first aid kits at work, applying roller bandage and slings, choking, shock, cuts/grazes, bruises, nose bleeds, burns/scalds and splinters or other puncture wounds.

Test & Certificate

There will be one or two questions in between sections which are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum engagement but do not count towards the final test. This test usually has around 20 multiple choice questions and when passed, a printable certificate can be downloaded.

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