
HABC Level 2 International Award in Emergency First Aid at Work (Efaw)
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Welcome to First Aid Box (FAB training)
This qualification has been developed for those already working, or preparing to work, in the industry and who have been identified in the company’s first aid risk assessment as being required to provide first aid in the workplace.
This international qualification would be typically delivered to learners through a 1-day training .
Topics covered include the role and responsibilities of a first-aider, assessing an incident, unresponsive casualties (breathing and not breathing), choking, shock and minor injuries.
The course is also suitable for anyone over the age of 16 years who wishes to gain knowledge of emergency procedures & achieve an internationally approved qualification in First Aid. This course is often the minimum requirement for many sports coaching qualifications too.
Course outline
Introduction to – The First Aider
• What is first aid?
• First aid in the workplace
• Responsibilities of the First Aider
• Minimising the risk of infection
• Contents of a first aid box
Assessing an incident
• Scene survey
• Primary survey
• When to call for help
Manage unresponsive casualties
• Principles of resuscitation
• The respiratory system
• CPR
• Adult basic life support/use of an AED
• Compression only CPR
• Infant and child CPR
• Obstructed airway
• Choking
• Shock
• The circulatory system
• Types of bleeding
*Minor injuries (cuts, grazes, contusions, minor burns and scalds, foreign objects, splinters etc