Ensure your school meets its legal obligations with our Ofqual accredited Emergency First Aid at Work training for teachers. We equip staff with essential, life-saving skills to handle any emergency, giving you the confidence and peace of mind that students and colleagues are always safe.
This training is about more than just a certificate; it's a vital investment in your school community. While minor bumps and bruises are common, teachers and staff must be prepared for more serious emergencies, such as allergic reactions, choking incidents, or severe injuries on the playground. Our Emergency First Aid at Work training for teachers ensures that your team is not only compliant with legal regulations but also confident and equipped to provide immediate, life-saving care when it matters most. It’s an essential step in creating a safe and secure learning environment for everyone.
This training helps schools and their staff meet their legal obligations under the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981, ensuring adequate first aid provision for everyone on-site.
It equips teachers with the confidence to act quickly and effectively in an emergency, ensuring they can provide immediate care before professional help arrives.
By learning to manage a wide range of injuries and medical emergencies, teachers become a crucial line of defense in creating a safer and more secure learning environment.
The course gives teachers hands-on skills in areas like CPR, handling choking incidents, treating minor injuries, and responding to allergic reactions.
Learning to safely approach an incident, conduct a primary survey, and take charge of the scene.
The fundamental skill of performing effective chest compressions and rescue breaths on an adult casualty who is unresponsive and not breathing.
How to correctly use an Automated External Defibrillator to deliver an electrical shock to a casualty in cardiac arrest.
Techniques for placing an unconscious but breathing person into the recovery position to protect their airway.
How to control severe bleeding, dress minor wounds, and manage shock.
Providing first aid for common incidents like sprains, strains, minor burns, and splinters.
Identifying the signs and symptoms of a heart attack, stroke, seizures, and anaphylactic shock and knowing what action to take.
How to safely approach an incident, conduct a primary survey of the casualty, and take control of the situation.
The fundamental skills of performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on an adult.
Techniques for placing a person who is breathing but unconscious into the recovery position to protect their airway.
How to manage severe bleeding, treat minor wounds, and manage shock.
Skills to help an adult who is choking.
Providing first aid for common injuries like sprains, strains, and minor burns.
EFAW training is crucial for teachers as it directly addresses the unique responsibilities of working in a school environment. It’s not just about gaining a qualification; it’s about meeting a legal obligation under the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981, which requires schools to provide adequate first aid cover. By giving teachers the skills and confidence to act quickly, this training enhances the safety of everyone on campus.
Teachers are often the first on the scene of an accident, and their ability to respond to a wide range of situations from playground injuries to medical emergencies can make a vital difference. This training provides immediate, life saving care before professional help arrives, ensuring a safer and more secure environment for both students and staff.