First Aid for adults
Duration: 4 Hours
Who is it for?
This one day course is for anyone aged 16+ who wants to learn first aid for adults.
It covers a range of life-saving skills such as unresponsiveness, heart attack, choking and seizures.
The course attracts people looking to learn first aid for many different reasons, such as:
- wanting to be able to help their family, friends or neighbours
- preparing for university or working abroad during a gap year
- being involved with local community groups or taking part in sports
- having experienced a real life emergency.
Course content includes:
You'll receive practical, hands-on learning. Our friendly trainers will help you learn some key skills you really need to know:
- dealing with an emergency
- unresponsive – breathing
- unresponsive – not breathing
- seizures
- burns
- bleeding heavily
- broken bones, strains and sprains
- head injury
- choking
- heart attack
- stroke
- severe allergic reaction
- diabetic emergency.
Qualification
You'll receive a free first aid workbook full of helpful advice; this can be taken home and used to check and refresh your knowledge.
The workbook includes your certificate of learning, which you can fill in yourself.
Pre-requisites
You don’t need any first aid knowledge prior to the course.
We recommend that you:
- wear comfortable clothing and shoes, as the course involves practical activities and we want you to feel comfortable
- bring your own lunch, as not all venues have food outlets nearby.