If you have a severe life-threatening allergy, or anaphylaxis, and use a Jext adrenaline auto-injector, you can now download an App to help manage your condition. The App has training videos and an expiry date reminder feature, as well as storing personal information that you can share with family, friends and work colleagues. The App [...]

We held another EFAW course on the 24th January 2013 at the Harborough Innovation Centre today. Local Exercise trainers attendended and not only gained useful first aid techniques and a work place certificate to prove their competency, they also gained 8 CPD points as part of their industry sector REPs accreditation too. Its great to [...]

The BHF is launching a campaign to teach all children CPR in schools. This campaign complements that featuring Vinnie Jones, doing ‘hand-only’ CPR, with the aim of helping more people survive a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting. The BHF estimate that 27,000 people die each year from arrest outside of hospital and that [...]

Today was a fun day at the office, well the Angel Hotel, in Market Harborough, running an EFAW course for a group of teachers and staff from St Cuthbert’s Church of England Primary School, in Great Glen, plus other delegates from the Leicester and Corby area. Open courses, such as these are interesting due to [...]

We have completed a third year of first aid training for pre-registration pharmacists from the East Midlands NHS Hospitals. The course has been designed to give graduate pharmacists life-saving skills, a requirement of their graduate training programme. The course was arranged and hosted by De Montfort University in Leicester. The course is based on the [...]

As part of their pre-registration training year, graduate pharmacy students need to be able to both understand how to deal with common first aid emergencies, but also demonstrate these skills. This is because the public has an expectation that pharmacists can act appropriately in an emergency situation, but also because pharmacists are increasingly involved in [...]

We are now running ITC First Aid Trainer Induction Courses. This course is suitable for anyone who wishes to deliver regular first aid courses for their organisation, or place of work, or who wants to deliver first aid courses professionally. ITC First Aid Ltd is an awarding body for first aid qualifications in the UK. [...]

This new Emergency First Aid at Work has been developed to replace the longer First Aid at Work course for low hazard environments. This course gives participants essential lifesaving techniques.

The FAW covers emergency life-saving techniques, as well as dealing with other injuries and illnesses. This is an HSE approved course.

Electrical Defibrillation is well established as the effective intervention for cardiac arrest, the most important determinant of survival being the time from collapse to delivery of the first shock. Today the widespread deployment of Automated External Defibrillators (AED’s) is considered a realistic strategy for reducing mortality due to heart disease. No previous experience is necessary [...]

This course is for those who might have to manage emergency situations or minor occurrences when looking after young children and meets Ofsted requirements for those working in early years settings

This course is the first day (6 hours) of the Paediatric First Aid Award. It is suitable for those who require knowledge and skills of emergency first aid for children and babies. It is NOT suitable for current Ofsted requirements. The 2-day ITC Paediatric First Aid qualification is what is required by Ofsted. Content Safe [...]

This qualification is for the sports person, coach, spectator or other involved adult. As well as the topics found in most first aid qualifications this course includes key sports topics such as return to play decisions, managing specialist sports kit such as gum shields and helmets, when to and not to use ice, and sports [...]

This course has been developed in response to candidate demand. It is a single, stand alone day (7-hour) ITC accredited qualification using the systems and procedures common to all ITC qualifications. It is the qualification of choice for team coaches, athletes and youth team leaders. Pre-requisites An active interest and commitment to sport first aid. [...]

First Aid for Sport – Emergency Action.This qualification is for the sports person, coach, or spectator. This single unit is the first unit of the Level 2 Certificate in First Aid

This qualification has been developed with the support of the SQA for the requirements of the worker or practitioner in Scotland’s outdoor environment.  It is suitable for workers in the forests or glens of the Highlands & Islands and will maintain the license to practice for those with Outdoor National Governing Body Instructor awards. This [...]

This course in an annual 3-hour essential life saving skills refresher. This training is strongly recommended by the HSE for all who have completed a statutory 3-day First Aid at Work, a statutory 2-day First Aid at Work Revalidation, or a statutory 1-day Emergency First Aid at Work qualification. Content Candidates should demonstrate their competence [...]

Some workplaces e.g. GP waiting room, have assessed their First Aid needs relating to their visitors and require staff training in immediate life-saving techniques concerned with collapse and choking. The content can be tailored to the environment, typical course content is listed. Content Workplace safety Vital signs Unresponsive breathing casualty Unresponsive non-breathing casualty Conscious chest [...]

This course issuitable for anyone who wishes to deliver regular first aid courses for their organisation, or place of work, or who wants to deliver first aid courses professionally. ITC First Aid Ltd is an awarding body for first aid qualifications in the UK.