Our ITC Level 3 Award in + F Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW+F, Forestry Course) is ideal for most businesses or individuals who are required to work or have access to Forestry & Land Scotland, Forestry England or Forestry Commission ground or remote areas and hazardous environments. Employers have to risk assess their workplace first aid requirements and this one-day +F Emergency First Aid at Work qualification meets the standards set out in the Forestry Commission First Aid Guidance PPG 59 and Forestry and Land Scotland policy – First Aid at Work V6, October 2015.
The roles and responsibilities of a first aider. Incident assessment – scene safety & accident procedure. Management of an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally. Safe airway positions include environmental factors: slopes, temperature, wind direction and strong sunlight. Actions when assistance is more than 30 minutes away from the scene. Management of an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing normally, CPR & the use of an AED.
Assisting a casualty who is choking. Management of a casualty who is wounded and bleeding. Management of a casualty who is in shock. Management of a casualty suffering from seizure. How to manage a casualty with a minor workplace injury.
Additional First Aid + F Content:
1. Life threatening bleeding (i.e. chainsaw injury) – use of haemostatic dressings, tourniquets, improvised wound packing and improvised tourniquets
2. Crush injury
3. Hypothermia
4. Lymes Disease
The course has a 7.5 hours contact time and is run over a minimum of 1 day. The certificate is valid for 3 years. To renew, you need to attend another EFAW+F, 7.5-hour course.
All of our first aid courses fully meet the UK and European Resuscitation Council 2021 Guidelines.
This course is particularly applicable to the following occupations: