First Aid Training

Complying with the First Aid at Work Regulations is an absolute requirement for all employers.  To ensure that employees are up to date with current first aid guidance and techniques, First Health and Safety have provided a technically superb and engaging e-learning module on basic first aid awareness.

Employers are required by the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 to provide for their employees in an adequate manner should they receive injury or become ill while at their place of work. Employers have to provide the right kind of equipment, the proper facilities and the right experienced and trained people to able to respond appropriately to any situation where an employee receives an injury or becomes ill.

The first aid provision at any place of work must have as a minimum: a) a first-aid box that is fully and properly stocked; b) a trained person who is designated to be the one to take charge of any situation involving the injury or illness of an employee; c) prominently posted and readily available information materials about the arrangements currently in force regarding first-aid for all employees.

If the workplace has a hazard level that is low, as in most shops and offices for example, it can probably manage on the minimum level of the regulations. This means that it needs to have as a minimum, an easily accessible first-aid box that is fully and properly stocked, and someone designated to be the one who takes charge of a situation involving the injury or illness of an employee.

If the workplace has a hazard level that is higher, as in production lines involving machinery, or where chemicals are used, for example, it will need a higher level of first-aid cover. This can mean providing first-aiders, personnel who have been trained in first-aid to an approved Health and Safety Executive level; the provision of first-aid training specific to any special hazards that may be present in the workplace; a first-aid room with first-aid equipment; and an efficient and understood means of informing the emergency services if and when they are required.

First-aid provision in the workplace should always be catered to the likely needs of the workplace. If there are special hazards in the workplace, there should be first-aiders trained to deal with possible situations arising that involve the special hazard. As a general rule of thumb, the more employees a workplace has, the greater the needs for first-aid provision.

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