First Aid for School staff and teachers

First Aid for School staff and teachers

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Summary: The First Aid for School Staff is a 5 hour (plus breaks) course designed for School staff (teachers and support staff) to supplement your existing First Aid provision.

(It does not qualify the learner to act as a First Aider for the workplace for the purposes of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981). It does equip the learner to deal with emergencies at a First Aid level until professional help arrives.

It is useful for Support staff, TAs, School club staff etc to provide First Aid when teaching staff are otherwise unavailable – e.g. during breaks. The subject matter covered is what might typically be encountered on a day to day basis at a School.

Anaphylaxis and the use of an Adrenaline injector is covered in support of Benedict’s Law.

The syllabus covers casualties at Primary and Secondary School level, but not paediatric First Aid.

Key information

Duration (excluding breaks)5 hrs
Maximum students per course12
Minimum age16 years
CertificationAll 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 Pricen/a Group Bookings only
Group Price£550
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 syllabus covers adult and child casualties at Primary and Secondary School level, but not paediatric (baby) First Aid.

  • The Roles and Responsibilities of a First Aider
  • Action at an emergency / priorities / Record Keeping
  • Definition of baby / child / adult
  • Dealing with an unresponsive casualty who is breathing
  • Dealing with an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing
  • Use of an Automated External Defibrillator
  • Dealing with a casualty who is choking
  • Dealing with a casualty who is bleeding – including nosebleeds
  • Dealing with a casualty who is having an allergic reaction
  • Dealing with a casualty who has a strain, sprain or fracture
  • Dealing with a casualty who has an acute medical condition such as asthma, diabetes or seizure
  • Dealing with a casualty who has a minor injury such as a cut, burn, bite , splinter or sting