Emergency First Aid Made Easy Book

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Emergency First Aid Made Easy Book

Emergency First Aid Made Easy (Edition 8) perfectly complements shorter first aid courses and is specifically designed to meet the requirements of the Level 2 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work (QCF).

The book contains easy to understand information with lots of pictures and diagrams which makes it an ideal 1-day first aid course handout.

• Updated with the latest guidelines
• Simple, accurate information with lots of full-colour pictures and updated diagrams.
• Updated logical, easy to understand page layout.
• Written by an experienced paramedic and first aid instructor.
• Impress your customers with the quality of this book.

As a minimum, a low-risk workplace such as a small office should have a first-aid box and a person appointed to take charge of first-aid arrangements, such as calling the emergency services if necessary. Employers must provide information about first-aid arrangements to their employees.

Workplaces, where there are more significant health and safety risks, are more likely to need a trained first-aider. A first-aid needs assessment will help employers decide what first aid arrangements are appropriate for their workplace.

What is a first-aider?

A first-aider is someone who has undertaken training appropriate to the circumstances. They must hold a valid certificate of competence in either:

• first aid at work
• emergency first aid at work
• any other level of training or qualification that is appropriate to the circumstances

Employers can use the findings of their first-aid needs assessment to decide the appropriate level to which first-aiders should be trained.

• Emergency first aid at work (EFAW) training enables a first-aider to give emergency first aid to someone who is injured or becomes ill while at work.
• First aid at work training includes the EFAW syllabus and also equips the first-aider to apply first aid to a range of specific injuries and illnesses.

To help keep their basic skills up to date, it is strongly recommended that first-aiders undertake annual refresher training.

Certificates for the purposes of first aid at work last for three years. Before their certificates expire, first-aiders will need to undertake a requalification course as appropriate, to obtain another three-year certificate. Once certificates have expired the first aider is no longer considered to be competent to act as a workplace first aider.

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