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Doug Hosie JP, BA, MSc, MEd, MRehab, DipCommHealth. Doug is an HSE accredited trainer for First Aid, an advisor for the Royal Life Saving Society and a trainer/assessor for the Safety Training Association. He runs his own first aid training company and has over thirty years experience in teaching across the primary, secondary and tertiary education sectors including previous work for Training for Care.
Guidelines and Statutory Requirements
The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981
Regulation 3 requires every employer to provide equipment and facilities which are adequate and appropriate in the circumstances for administering first aid to his employees.
The regulations are backed up by an Approved Code of Practice (1997 revision) which requires employers to carry out a risk assessment for first aid requirements.
Generally, medium to high risk workplaces and all workplaces with over 50 employees require “suitable persons” to administer first aid. As a base-line, a suitable person must hold a “First Aid at Work” certificate approved by the Health and Safety Executive.
As a minimum an employer must provide an “appointed person” at all times when employees are at work. This provision has been given added weight by the introduction of the HSE approved Emergency First Aid at Work course and it can be expected that, while appointed person training remains “strongly recommended” rather than mandatory under the Approved Code of Practice, organisations’ risk assessments will now have to be able to show why EFAW is not needed if they wish to continue to use the shorter EFA course or no course at all for their appointed persons. A "checklist for assessment of first aid needs" can be found under the "First Aid at Work: your questions answered" section of the HSE website.
The position on "non-employees" remains the same. "Under the Regulations, you have no legal obligation to provide first aid for non employees but HSE strongly recommends that you include them in your first aid provision. This is particularly relevant in work places that provide a service for others such as schools."
European Resuscitation Council All courses are updated to incorporate the guidelines in force at the time of delivery.
Certification
Emergency First Aid at Work: TfC certificate of attendance with HSE certification through First and Foremost Training.
Childcarers Emergency First Aid, Emergency First Aid and Epipen Administration training courses: TfC certificate of attendance.