ICRS29271/540 - Emergency First Aid at Work

Provides roadside/recovery technicians with a basic understanding of First Aid in the workplace and being able to deal with situations where someone has been injured and requires emergency first aid assistance, until the emergency services arrive.

Learning Outcomes

The role of the first aider
Preventing cross infection
Need for recording incidents and actions
Use of available equipment
Potential first aid issues at a road traffic collision

Practical Outcomes

The primary survey and the secondary survey
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
The recovery position
Administer first aid to someone who is choking, wounded and bleeding or suffering from shock