About this course
Basic Life Support (BLS) & Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) First Aid Courses
Certificates are valid for 3 years, and also serves as a level 3 EFAW (Emergency First Aid at Work) annual refresher. This course complies with the latest 2021 Resuscitation Council (UK) Guidelines and any subsequent changes.
This course is delivered in accordance with currently accepted first aid practices and complies with the 2021 Resuscitation Council (UK) Guidelines. The process used to produce the Resuscitation Council UK Guidelines 2021 is accredited by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Topics: 3-hour bespoke BLS course.
- Primary survey (DR ABC) – including spinal injury consideration
- Adult, Infant and Child resuscitation (CPR)
- Asthma
- Anaphylaxsis /ALLERGIES
- Safe Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) use and pad placement adaptions for children
- Choking
- Seizures
+ (4 hours BLS) Recommended topics below, or please contact us for requests.
- Fainting
- Head injuries
- Minor and severe bleeding
- Shock
First aid annual refresher training ensures that you comply with the HSE recommendations, your own responsibility, and your employers duty of care to keep skills current.
If you also work with children or in the Education sector we recommend that you complete the Paediatric Annual Refresher.
“Employers are legally required; HSE (first aid regulations 1981), to ensure their first aiders are competent and maintain their skills throughout the three years in which their certificates are valid.”
Annual refresher training ensures that you comply with the HSE recommendations, your own responsibility, and your employers duty of care to keep skills current.
What do I need to bring?
- An open mind and a sense of humour. We create an inclusive space where you will feel safe and welcome and have fun.
- We provide complementary light refreshments on all public courses, and private in-house training where facilities are avaiable.
- A pen and notepad should you wish to take additional notes.
- Your own lunch, for courses longer than 4 hours.
- Optional: Your first aid kit if you have one.
We are also fully aware of the anxiety that many students have over coming into a public space. There is a lot to think about which we have already thought about. You are in safe hands.
Anything else?
Your instructor will send you an e mail a couple of days prior to the classroom training, so that you have their contact details should you be running late, or have additional accessibility requirements.
The Bridge First Aid approved instructors offer regulated qualifications (RQF), CPD Certified, Vocational Training Qualifications (VTQ) & industry body accredited training. Our mental health instructors are approved by MHFA England to deliver all Adult and Youth programmes.