Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work

Unit 1 covers the following topics:

• roles and responsibilities of a first aider;
  • cross infection;
  • recording incidents & actions;
  • use of available equipment;
• assessing an incident;
• unconscious casualties (including seizure);
• cardio pulmonary resuscitation;
• Safe use of an Automated External Defibrillator;
• choking;
• wounds and bleeding;
• shock;
• minor injuries (including small cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds, small splinters);

Unit 2 covers the following topics:

• secondary survey;
• injuries to bones, joints and muscles (including spinal injuries);
• suspected head and spinal injuries;
• chest injuries;
• burns and scalds;
• eye injuries;
• sudden poisoning;
• anaphylaxis;
• major illnesses (heart attack, stroke, epilepsy, asthma & diabetes);
• serious bleeding including:
  • embedded objects;
  • sucking chest wound;
  • amputations;