3 day First Aid at Work plus
Forestry First Aid training course (FAW +F)
Description
This in house 3 days First Aid at Work plus F training course complies with the guidelines and criteria as defined by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) in respect of the 1981 (First Aid) Regulations. This Forestry First Aid (+F), course has been designed to provide the knowledge and competence for a learner to deal with emergency first aid situations in a forestry/agricultural environment. Delegates will learn the skills and knowledge to provide First Aid treatment to their casualties in a prompt, safe and effective manner. The topics covered in this course are in accordance with current guidelines published by the Resuscitation Council (UK).
Duration
This FAW training course is taught for 20 hours over 3 days and consists of theoretical and practical sessions. This 20 hours FAW training course can also be spread over a maximum of 10 weeks, ensuring that each session is a minimum of two hours (subject to extra cost). The class ratio for this qualification is a maximum of 12 learners to 1 Trainer/Assessor.
Course content
Day 1
- Roles and responsibilities of the First Aider
- Legislation
- First Aid box and contents
- The Accident Record form
- Basic hygiene and infection control in First Aid
- Assessment of an incident
- Primary survey and Agonal Gasping
- Secondary assessment and Recovery position
- Dealing with an unresponsive casualty
- Resuscitation and CPR
- Automated External Defibrillator (AED) use training
- Respiratory System and Choking
- Epilepsy
- Minor injuries
- Wounds and Bleeding control
- Circulatory System and Shock
- Minor Burns
- Foreign Bodies
Days 2 & 3
- Recap on primary survey
- Recap on secondary assessment
- Fractures
- Soft tissue injuries to ligaments and muscle
- Head injuries including Concussion, Skull Fracture and Cerebral Compression
- Spinal injuries
- Chest injuries
- Abdominal injuries
- Specialised burn injuries
- Eye injuries
- Poisoning
- Anaphylaxis and auto injector training
- Heart Attack
- Stroke
- Diabetes
- Asthma
- Hyperthermia
- Hypothermia
Forestry First Aid course content
- Identify how to plan for a first aid emergency
- Identify how to manage an unresponsive casualty when assistance is more than 30 minutes away
- Demonstrate how to control catastrophic bleeding using:
• Direct pressure
• Haemostatic dressings
• Tourniquets
- Manage a casualty suffering from hypovolaemic shock
- Recognise a casualty with a crush injury
- Identify how to administer first aid for a casualty suffering a crush injury who has been:
• Crushed for up to 15 minutes
• Crushed for over 15 minutes
- Recognise hypothermia
- Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty suffering from hypothermia
- Recognise suspected Lyme disease
- Identify how to administer first aid for a tick bite
- Identify how to prevent a tick bite
Cost
Please contact MEDISAFE TRAINING today on 0121 769 2827 for a very competitive unbeatable quote. The course price includes course handouts and certification for each delegate.
Assessment
Assessment is ongoing by the instructor. There will be a short quiz at the end of each day of the course which includes multiple choice and short answer questions.
Certification
A HSE compliant certificate of course completion from MEDISAFE TRAINING lasting three years will be emailed within 48 hours to the lead person subject to successful completion of the course by the delegate. Hard copy certificates can be provided at additional cost per certificate.
OFQUAL regulated RQF Level 3 First Aid at Work Plus F course with certificates can also be arranged at an additional cost but this must be made known to us at the time of the booking and prior to the commencement of the training course.
Important Information
Please note that delegates must be at least 18 years of age and be physically able to carry out the procedures detailed in the course outline and must attend all sessions to be eligible for assessment.
It may be possible to grant a reasonable adjustment for a learner who has a disability, medical condition or learning need: For example, assistance could be given with reading or writing.
Due to the practical nature of the first aid assessment there are physical demands. Learners must be able to get to the floor unaided and successfully demonstrate all required elements of the practical assessment on their own, with the casualty on the floor, as in a real-life situation: For example, a learner will need to get to the floor unassisted and demonstrate effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a manikin at floor level.
If the course organiser has any concern about an attending learner they should contact MEDISAFE TRAINING to discuss before the learner attends the course.
Delegates should have good English literacy and numeracy skills to understand the course and to complete the assessments.
Please also note that ID will need to be checked at the outset of the course for candidate verification process.
- The training room should be quiet and of appropriate size.
- Staff should be off work and not expected to be on duty.
- Staff attending should remain on the course for the entire duration of the training course.
