At Vital Skills First Aid Training, I offer a range of specialised courses designed to equip individuals and teams with essential first aid skills. My services are tailored for various needs, ensuring that everyone—from businesses to parents—can find the right training to enhance safety and preparedness. Explore my courses below to discover how I can help you or your organisation become more confident in first aid responses.

Basic Life Support and AED

Heart and circulatory disease claims around 200,000 lives each year. Many could have been saved if a defibrillator was made available.
Automated External Defibrillators (AED’s) are now becoming more common throughout a range of public and work places.
A casualty’s survival rate will dramatically increase if an AED is available and if you have appropriately qualified personnel to use it.
This very practical course will enable your learners to use the AED competently and with confidence.
Not only does this course deal with the use of an AED but it also includes vital training in basic life support including resuscitation.

A range of subjects are covered including:


• Responsibilities and reporting

• Assessment of the situation
• Dealing with an unresponsive casualty

• Infection control
• Resuscitation

• AED functions
• Defibrillation procedures

• Safety measures

 

Price £65 Per Person

First Aid at Work (3 Day)

This comprehensive three-day course covers a wide range of first aid emergencies, enabling all participants to deal with emergency situations with confidence in a prompt, safe and effective way. In addition, this course will include any protocol changes that may have arisen since their last training course.

A range of subjects are covered including:


• Legalities, responsibilities and reporting

• Control of bleeding

• Poisoning

• Asthma
• Dealing with an unresponsive casualty

• Shock (including Anaphylaxis)

• Bandaging

• Diabetes
• Fractures and spinal injuries

• Heart attacks

• Choking

• Stroke
• Resuscitation and AED awareness

• Head injuries

• Eye injuries

• Burns
• Assessment of the situation

• Sprains and strains

• Chest injuries

• Epilepsy

 

Price £195 Per Person

Paediatric First Aid (2 Day)

This course has been developed for those who are working
with children and infants. It will be of particular interest to
teachers, child minders, crèche assistants, playgroup personnel
and anyone else who has a responsibility for their welfare
whilst in your care. The purpose of the qualification is for the
learner to attain the knowledge and practical competence
required to deal with a range of paediatric first aid situations.

A range of subjects is covered including:


• Role of the Paediatric First Aider

• Seizure

• Diabetic emergencies
• Primary survey

• Choking

• Asthma
• Resuscitation (CPR including the safe use of an AED)

• Minor injuries

• Meningitis
• Wounds, bleeding and shock

• Recovery position

• Febrile convulsions
• Allergic reactions including anaphylaxis

• Fractures

• Extreme cold and heat
• Head, neck and back injuries

• Foreign bodies

• Electrical incidents

 

Price £180 Per Person

Emergency First Aid at Work (1 Day)

All learners will have the skills and knowledge to provide the organisation with Emergency First Aider’s that can provide treatment to their casualties in a prompt, safe and effective manner.

A range of subjects are covered including:


• Responsibilities and reporting
• Assessment of the situation
• Dealing with an unresponsive casualty
• Basic hygiene in First Aid Certification
• Resuscitation and AED awareness
• Anatomy
• Minor injuries
• Bleeding control
• Burns
• Choking
• Epilepsy
• Shock

 

Price £95 Per Person

First Aid Refresher (1/2 Day)

Although it is not mandatory, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) strongly recommend that qualified First Aiders and Emergency First Aiders
undertake an annual refresher course in order to keep their skills up-to-date and refreshed.
This three hour annual refresher course has been designed to meet that requirement and will help First Aiders to maintain their skills and
knowledge whilst also keeping up-to-date with any changes to protocols.

A range of subjects is covered including:


• Responsibilities

• Communication skills
• Primary survey

• Top-to-toe survey
• Secondary assessment

• Action for vomit
• Resuscitation

• Chain of Survival
• Wounds and bleeding

• Bandaging
• Hygiene

 

Price £65 Per Person

First Aid at Work Requalification (2 Day)

A minimum of 12 hours spread over at least two days. Ideally, the course should be run over two consecutive days, but can be spread over
a longer time period if you so desire, providing it is completed within 7 weeks of starting the course and the training sessions last for a
minimum of two hours.

A range of subjects  is covered including

Legalities, responsibilities and reporting

• Control of bleeding

• Poisoning

• Asthma
• Dealing with an unresponsive casualty

• Shock (including Anaphylaxis)

• Bandaging

• Diabetes
• Fractures and spinal injuries

• Heart attacks

• Choking

• Stroke
• Resuscitation and AED awareness

• Head injuries

• Eye injuries

• Burns
• Assessment of the situation

• Sprains and strains

• Chest injuries

• Epilepsy 

Information


To be eligible for the 2-day requalification course learners will need to evidence to the training provider that they are suitably experienced. Experience can be evidenced by having held multiple FAW qualifications, attending annual refresher training, being an active First Aider, etc. Evidence should include a letter from their employer if relevant. The Centre must retain evidence. Not eligible to attend the 2-day FAW requalification course. Must attend a full 3-day FAW course. In all instances, learners must provide a copy of their previous regulated First Aid at Work certificate.