Emergency First Aid at Work for Schools Course

This specially designed course has been adapted from the HSE Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) course, to meet the needs of people who work within a school setting. The syllabus includes all content from the 1 day Emergency First Aid at Work course and includes additional subjects likely to be faced by first aiders working within a school. The core content covers the basic essentials required to provide emergency care to a patient.

Course content includes:

• The ability to act safely and effectively when an accident or emergency occurs.
• The treatment and priorities of care for an unconscious patient.
• The recognition and treatment of a person in seizure.
• The recognition of cardiac arrest and delivery of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
• The ability to recognise and safely treat a patient who is choking.
• The ability to safely and promptly treat a patient who is bleeding.
• The keeping of simple records following an accident at work.
• Asthma.
• Allergic reaction.
• Resuscitation.
• Choking for children.