Bespoke First Aid

Summary: Sometimes an off-the-shelf course is not the best solution. For instance:-

• You need a First Aid at Work qualification but also need training for looking after secondary school age children (e.g. Activity Centre)
• You only need a one-day course but also need some information on soft tissue injuries (e.g. Dance teacher)
• You have a recognised need for specific skills such as Anaphylaxis treatment or extremes of temperature but don’t need the full 3-day First Aid at Work

In these cases a Bespoke course is the answer. We can tailor a course to your needs. Whilst we will always cover the essentials via a Basic Life Support module, the remaining time can be used to your advantage.

You can ‘mix and match’ the topics that you want. See the list, below. The duration of the course will depend on the topics chosen. Typically a trainer can reasonably cover 2-3 topics an hour.

Certification

You have two choices of Certificate depending upon the level of assessment that you need.

Certificate of Attendance valid for 1 year.

This is used when you have a mixed ability group and just want an awareness of skills with no obligation to participate. For example a Church Group that want some information but due to the age bracket would find it difficult to kneel down or lie down. Another reason might be a group larger than 12 where there is not the opportunity to assess everyone to competency standard. More topics can be covered with an Attendance Certificate compared to a Competence Certificate. Although the skills will last, the Certificate will only be valid for 1 year.

Certificate of Competence valid for 3 years

This is used where you require a competency certificate – e.g. a Sports Club – that is valid for 3 years. Class sizes are limited to 12 per trainer and each individual will be assessed on each skill. They need to be assessed and pass each skills to be certified as ‘competent’. Any learner that cannot be classed as ‘competent’ will be issued with a 1-year Certificate of Attendance, as above.

Pricing

All our courses run for a minimum of 3 hours. Anything less than this is just too short to teach First Aid effectively.

• 3 hour (BLS) course: £400
• 4 hour (BLS + 1 hour) course: £475
• 5 hour (BLS + 2 hours) course: £550

Key information

Duration (excluding breaks)	3 hrs
Maximum students per course	12
Minimum age	16 years
Certification	All Certificates issued are in electronic (PDF) format. They will be sent to the person (or organisation) that organised the Booking in order for them to be distributed to the student(s).
Individual Price	n/a Group Bookings only
Group Price	£476
All courses are delivered, evaluated and quality assured to the same standards where possible as First Aid at Work topics. The course content fully meets the UK and European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2015 and subsequent updates.
Whilst we try and maintain a fixed cost for our courses, our prices may be subject to an additional fuel charge if your location is a distance away from our nearest trainer to you.
There is a £50 supplement per day if that day is a Sunday or Bank Holiday.
All prices exclude VAT at the current rate of 20%
Syllabus The Bespoke First Aid course can cover a number of topics tailored to you and based on the time available. We start with the 3 hour Basic Life Support course and then modules can be added. Basic Life Support covers: The role of the first aider including the importance of preventing cross infection Assessing any situation to act safely, promptly and effectively in any emergency Recovery Position for an unconscious, breathing casualty Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for an unconscious, non-breathing casualty Use of an Automated External Defibrillator Choking first aid for a casualty with a blocked airway After that, we can include any First Aid topics that you wish within the time available. For example: Bleeds Anaphylaxis Epilepsy Diabetes Heart conditions – angina, heart attack Strokes Soft tissue injuries Fractures Head injuries Extremes of temperature and so on. As a rough guide each of the above topics takes 20-30 minutes to cover and assess.