For Theatres

Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) for Theatre and Production

All employers have a legal duty under the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations to make First Aid provisions within their workplace, and this course will ensure you meet that duty.

Who should attend?

First aid courses of this type are suitable for anyone who has been nominated as a First Aider in low risk environments or to assist the full First Aider at work.

What will they learn?

This course will give the successful candidate the knowledge and skills to be qualified as an Emergency First Aider at Work in compliance with the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations. Staff will learn basic first aid and become confident in the treatment of casualties and their ability to act in any first aid emergency/situation within this complex environment.

Pre-requisites

Our courses offer a practical, hands-on approach that delivers the skills and confidence to use first aid skills in a real life situation.  Learners must:

• be physically able to carry out the practical element of the course
• attend all sessions to be eligible for assessment.

Course content

• Insight into Regulations
• Treatment of an Unconscious Patient
• Burns and Scalds
• Control of Bleeding
• Resuscitation
• Managing an Injury
• Duties of EFAW trained persons
• Gaining access to casualties in difficult locations
• Managing the scene until further help arrives.
• Use of an Automated External Defribrillator (AED)

Certificate

All participants will obtain a certificate accredited by the First Aid Industry Body (FAIB) in Emergency First Aid at Work which is valid for 3 years and awarded on successful completion of the course.