First Aid at Work For Forestry -F

First Aid At Work For Forestry -F
(3 Days)

Key Facts

This course is designed to provide you with in-depth first aid knowledge, so that you have the right skills and confidence to deliver first aid in a forestry work environment

Course Content

INITIAL CARE

  • First aid at work regulations and rules

  • Accident reporting

  • Activating emergency medical services

  • Fears of first aid

  • Barriers – gloves and face barriers

  • Initial assessment and airway management

  • Unconscious breathing and recovery position

CARDIAC PROBLEMS

  • The heart

  • Sudden cardiac arrest, heart attacks and CPR

  • One rescuer CPR

  • Compressions only CPR

  • CPR handover to a second rescuer

  • Introduction to AED’s

OTHER PRIMARY CARE FIRST AID PROBLEMS

  • Adult choking, conscious and unconscious

  • Serious bleeding management and wounds

  • Shock management and types of shock

  • Spinal injury management

  • Tourniquet and haemostatic dressing

SPECIFIC INJURY MANAGEMENT

ILLNESS MANAGEMENT

  • Injury assessment

  • Breaks, fractures and splinting

  • Strains and sprains

  • Types of wounds and practice bandaging different injuries

  • Embedded objects

  • Burns and scalds

  • Head injuries

  • Poisoning

  • Temperature injuries – heat stroke, heat exhaustion and hypothermia

  • Eye injuries

  • Bites and stings

  • Crush injuries

  • Chest injuries

  • Electrical injuries

  • Illness assessment

  • The respiratory system and hypoxia

  • Diabetes

  • Anaphylactic shock

  • Heart attack

  • Angina

  • Stroke

  • Asthma and respiratory problems

  • Hyperventilating

  • Lymes disease

After your training you will receive:

  • A free login to the ProTrainings website and Certified CPD certificate

  • A free digital student manual, accident book and other downloads

  • Free weekly video refresher emails

  • A reminder when your training needs to be renewed or refreshed

  • You will also receive a certificate in the post which you can track through the ProTrainings website

Course Dates and Prices

Courses can be held at your office, venue or home*

*Please contact the office for availability

This is a 3 day course
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