Online First Aid in the Workplace Advanced Certification

• Factories
• Manufacturing
• Construction and Building
• Distribution
• Forestry (see also our FAW Forestry course)
• High-risk businesses
• Agriculture
• Sports
• Outdoor Pursuits and Exploring 
• Any workplace where a higher level of training is required

This course comes with 7.0 hours of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 5 hours and 3 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

Unit 1: Emergency First Aid in the Workplace (credit can be given in some cases if already completed recently)

1. Understand the role and responsibilities of a first aider 

• 1.1 Identify the role and responsibilities of a first aider 
• 1.2 Identify how to minimise the risk of infection to self and others 
• 1.3 Identify the need for consent to provide first aid 

2. Be able to assess an incident 

• 2.1 Conduct a scene survey 
• 2.2 Conduct a primary survey of a casualty 
• 2.3 Summon appropriate assistance when necessary 

3. Be able to provide first aid to an unresponsive casualty 

• 3.1 Identify when to administer Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) 
• 3.2 Demonstrate CPR using a manikin 
• 3.3 Justify when to place a casualty into the recovery position
• 3.4 Demonstrate how to place a casualty into the recovery position 
• 3.5 Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty who is experiencing a seizure

4. Be able to provide first aid to a casualty who is choking 

• 4.1 Identify when choking is: - mild-severe
• 4.2 Demonstrate how to administer first aid to a casualty who is choking 

5. Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with external bleeding 

• 5.1 Identify the severity of external bleeding 
• 5.2 Demonstrate control of external bleeding 

6. Know how to provide first aid to a casualty who is in shock 

• 6.1 Recognise a casualty who is suffering from shock 
  6.2 Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty who is suffering from shock 

7. Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with minor injuries 

• 7.1 Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty with: - small cuts - grazes - bruises - small splinters 
• 7.2 Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty with minor burns and scalds

Unit 2: Recognition and Management of Illness and Injury in the Workplace

1. Be able to conduct a secondary survey

• 1.1 Identify the information to be collected when gathering a casualty history
• 1.2 Demonstrate how to conduct a head to toe survey

2. Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with suspected injuries to bones, muscles and joints

• 2.1 Recognise suspected fractures, dislocations, strains and sprains
• 2.2 Identify how to administer first aid for fractures, dislocations, strains and sprains
• 2.3 Demonstrate how to apply a support sling and an elevated sling

3. Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with suspected head and spinal injuries

• 3.1 Recognise a suspected head injury and spinal injury
• 3.2 Identify how to administer first aid for a suspected head injury
• 3.3 Demonstrate how to administer first aid for a suspected spinal injury

4. Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with suspected chest injury

• 4.1 Recognise a suspected: Flail chest / penetrating chest injury
• 4.2 Identify how to administer first aid for a Flail chest / penetrating chest injury 

5. Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with burns and scolds

• 5.1 Identify the factors that affect the severity of burns and scalds
• 5.2 Identify how to administer first aid for burns involving: dry heat/wet heat/electricity/chemicals

6. Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with an eye injury

• 6.1 Identify how to administer first aid for eye injuries involving: Dust/chemicals/embedded objects

7. Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with sudden poisoning

• 7.1 Identify the routes that poisons can take to enter the body
• 7.2 Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty affected by sudden poisoning
• 7.3 Identify sources of information for treating those affected by sudden poisoning

• ProTrainings - COVID-19 Update on CPR from the UK Resus Council
• Student Manual (V8.6) - First Aid Plus
• AED infographic will guide you through the steps
• Adult CPR Flowchart
• Adult CPR Flowchart handout/poster
• Asthma UK weblink
• Cardiac Science G3 user manual
• Catastrophic bleeding and trauma First Aid Guidance From ProTrainings
• CellAED for Life membership
• CellAED® personal AED
• Child CPR Flowchart
• Child CPR Flowchart handout/poster
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) link to the NHS website
• Dutch - Student manual
• Emerade - Package leaflet: Information for the user
• Find a classroom course locally
• Find out what other courses are available as video online, blended and classroom courses nationally on our course finder
• First Aid and Social Distancing poster
• Free student first aid program leaflet
• French - First Aid Plus student manual
• HeartSine 350 Information Leaflet
• Heartsine 350 AED unit
• Heartsine 500 AED unit
• Infant CPR Flowchart
• Infant CPR Flowchart handout/poster
• Italian - Student manual
• Jext Product Data Sheets
• Lifepac CR-T AED Instruction Manual
• Link to our Concussion ad Brain injury course in association with Headway, a head injury charity
• Meningitis Now website with many leaflets and resources link
• NHS Choices Web link
• Polish - Student manual
• ProTrainings - Using an AED Leaflet
• ProTrainings Defibrillator eGuide
• Regulated - COVID 19 Pre-Screen Student Evaluation Form
• STAT Tourniquet leaflet - for humans and pets
• Spanish - Student manual
• Student Manual (V7.0) - First Aid - Arabic
• Student Manual (V7.0) - First Aid - Spanish
• Student Manual (V8.3) - Pierwsza Pomoc w Pracy Ksiazka studenta - Polish
• Student Manual (V8.6) - Anatomy and Physiology Human Body
• Ukrainian - Student manual
• Web link to the Joint Epilepsy Council website - JEC
• Woundclot - haemostatic gauze for all types of bleeding
• Zoll AED Plus user guide
• Zoll AED Pro User Guide