This 3 day course will be held in our classroom in Carlow Gateway Business Centre.

The Current Legislation Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 states that each workplace should carry out a risk assessment, identifying hazards and assessing risk. Each workplace should consider the numbers employed, the nature of the work, the severity of the hazard, level of accidents, size and location of the workplace, number of employees, working hours i.e. shift work and the distance from external medical services and decide how many First Aiders are required.

Commercial benefits for Qualified First Aiders:

• Employees gain safety & health awareness.
• Gain a sense of achievement.
• Complies with your legal responsibility under the Safety Health and Welfare at work Act
• Reduces lost working days by employees injured at work.

What is covered on our PHECC First Aid Response (FAR) Course

• The duties of a First Aider
• Personal safety and protection measures
• Accident Scene appraisal and management
• Diagnosis and principle of treatment
• The respiratory system
• CPR instruction and practice
• AED instruction & practice
• The cardiovascular system
• Cardiac arrest – signs, symptoms and causes
• Casualty examination and recovery position
• Unconsciousness – signs, symptoms and causes
• Haemorrhage - signs, symptoms and causes
• Wounds and control of & treatment for bleeding
• Shock - signs, symptoms and causes
• Treatment for shock – vital signs
• Functions of the skeleton
• Types of fractures
• Treatment of fractures
• Head injuries and their management
• Types of burns, poisons, chemical burns and burns to the eyes - signs, symptoms and treatment
• Practical accident scenarios and treatment throughout the course for participants to practice and become competent in dealing with first aid emergencies.
• Critical Incidents

Certification will last 2 years.