Emergency First Aid at Work - Including Forestry

Description

Perfect for forestry workers, arborists, and those working in remote outdoor environments, this practical one-day course provides the essential skills and confidence to respond effectively to first aid incidents at work.

Our Emergency First Aid at Work for Forestry courses in White Colne provide individuals and businesses working within the Forestry sector to remain compliant with their First Aid training requirements. Our EFAW + F course meets the Forestry Commission regulations and the Woodland Trust . All of our workplace First Aid courses fully meet the requirements for First Aid at Work set out by the HSE and our courses comply with the latest 2025 UK Resuscitation Council Guidelines.

Aims

To give a basic knowledge to help you deal with any Emergency First Aid at Work.

Course Content

• Responsibilities and reporting

• Assessment of the situation

• Basic hygiene in First Aid

• Dealing with an unresponsive casualty

• Resuscitation and AED (defib)

• Heart attacks

• Bleeding

• Catastrophic lacerations

• Minor injuries

• Choking

• Shock

• Seizures

• Lymes Disease

• Post Incident Stress

Course highlights:

• Practical, hands-on training tailored to forestry environments

• Managing incidents in remote locations with limited access to medical aid

• Recognition and treatment of injuries and illnesses common in forestry work

• Skills to provide immediate and effective first aid until professional help arrives

By the end of the day, participants will be fully equipped to handle first aid emergencies safely and confidently in challenging outdoor conditions.

Prerequisites

None - The course is intended either as an introduction or as a refresher.

Assessment

Delegates will be required to pass a multiple-choice test at the end of the training. (In addition, the HSE strongly recommend that all students undergo an annual refresher programme of about 3 hours, although this is not mandatory).

Certificate

On successful completion of the course, all delegates will receive a certificate of attendance.

Instructions

We regret that we may not be able to accept people onto a course who are more than 30 minutes late due to contact hours and the content that would be missed.

It is a requirement of our regulators, to check ID for all delegates attending our courses. Driving licence, passport, work ID badge or a debit / credit card are all acceptable means of ID.

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