Course overview
The course contains lifesaving skills and includes:
- Understanding the role of the first aider, acting safely, cross infection, recording incidents, available equipment and its use
- Administer first aid to a casualty who is unconscious
- Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and how to access and use an AED (Defibrillator)
- Administer first aid to a casualty who is choking, wounded or suffering from shock
- Provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries, small cuts, grazes, minor burns and scalds
- Administer first aid to a casualty with, injuries to bones, muscles and joints, including suspected spinal injuries, chest injuries, burns and scalds, eye injuries, sudden poisoning, anaphylactic shock
- Recognise the presence of major illness and provide appropriate first aid including, heart attack, stroke, epilepsy, asthma, diabetes
- Formative and Summative assessments will take place during the course in order to verify that the learning objectives have been achieved.
Course details
- Duration: 3 Days/minimum of 18 contact hours - 9:15am to 4:15pm
- Cost: £270
- Location: Coed Pella, Conway Road, Colwyn Bay, LL29 7AZ
Course dates
- 2026:
- 16, 17 and 18 November
- 14, 15 and 16 December
- 2027:
- 18, 19 and 20 January
- 22, 23 and 24 February
- 15, 16 and 17 March
- 5, 6 and 7 April
- 4, 5 and 6 May
- 28, 29 and 30 June
- 26, 27 and 28 July
- 25, 26 and 27 August
- 13, 14 and 15 September
- 4, 5 and 6 October
- 1, 2 and 3 November
- 12, 14 and 14 December
- 2028:
- 24, 25 and 26 January
- 9, 10 and 11 February
- 15, 16 and 17 March