Renew your First Aid Skills with Action Training

Within all businesses it is paramount to have a dedicated first aider who can offer emergency care should an accident happen within the working day or should a colleague fall ill.

Once qualified in first aid it is also necessary to ensure that your qualifications are kept up to date to ensure that your skills are fresh and compliant with current practice.

The first aid refresher course includes dealing with obstructions, respiratory and circulatory arrest, unconscious casualties and practice using resuscitation equipment. The course lasts three hours and will ensure that your certificate in first aid is kept up to date for a further 12 months. The HSE recommends that any first aid certificate holder keeps there skills up to date.

The first aid skills refresher course will cover helping and assisting an unconscious adult which can be one of the most important life saving first aid skill that may be used in the work place.

Visit our website here for more information and to book your place on the course.

 

First Aid Courses - PassPoint

PassPoint amongst other training courses, provides a range of First Aid courses. First Aid skills are life saving skills which are incredibly useful skills to have. Over the coming weeks PassPoint have a few First Aid courses which you can attend.

Level 3 – Paediatric First Aid 

This is a 2 day course on the 17th December and on the 18th December between 9:30am and 4:30pm. The course costs £100 per person, plus VAT.

This course teaches you how to provide first aid for children and it covers the following topics.

• Roles & Responsibilities of the Paediatric First Aider
• First Aid Kits
• Scene Safety Assessment
• Barrier Use
• Primary Assessment
• Recovery Position
• Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on Infant & Child
• Defibrillation & AED’s
• Choking Infant & Child
• Wounds & Bleeding
• Shock Management
• Fractures & Dislocations
• Anaphylaxis
• Head, Neck & Back injuries
• Sickle Cell Anaemia, Diabetes, Asthma, Meningitis, Febrile Convulsions
• Effects of Heat & Cold
• Electric Shock
• Poisoning
• Bites & Stings
• Burns & Scalds
• Cuts & bruises

Level 2 – Emergency First Aid at Work

This is a 1 day course on the 15th December between 9:30am and 4:30pm. This course costs £80 per person, plus VAT. It is designed for anyone who wants to become an accredited first aider for their workplace. It meets the minimum guidelines for the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981. It covers the following areas.

• Roles & Responsibilities of a First Aider
• First Aid Kits
• Scene Safety Assessment
• Barrier Use
• Primary Assessment
• Recovery Position
• Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on Adult
• Defibrillation & AED’s
• Choking Adult
• Serious Bleeding Management
• Shock Management
• Minor Injuries (including burns & scalds, cuts & bruises)

Level 3 – First Aid at Work (Requalification)

This is a 2 day course over the 7th January 2016 and the 8th January 2016 between 9:30am - 4:30pm.

Participants must already hold a Level 3 in First Aid at Work as this is a refresher course. It costs £120 per person plus VAT. It covers the following areas.

• Roles & Responsibilities of a First Aider
• First Aid Kits
• Scene Safety Assessment
• Barrier Use
• Primary Assessment
• Recovery Position
• Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on Adult
• Defibrillation & AED’s
• Choking Adult
• Serious Bleeding Management
• Shock Management
• Secondary Assessment
• Bandaging & Wounds
• Bones, Joints & Muscles Injuries
• Seizures & Epilepsy
• Diabetes
• Anaphylaxis
• Effects of Heat & Cold
• Heart Attack & Strokes
• Minor Injuries (including burns & scalds, cuts & bruises, splinters)
• Scenario Practice – Using fake wounds and role play techniques

To avoid dissapointment, it is advised that you book as soon as possible. All courses are held at their training centre in Lancashire. 

To see other courses they are hosting take a look at their calender. Or for more information or to book a place on one of their courses. Contact them now by phone or through their website.

First Aid Supplies for your Office

Is your office stocked with a full first aid box? Pass Point specialise in first aid training, but also sell all essential first aid equipment for your office or workplace. All workplaces have to have a first aid box in their establishment to make sure that your staff are always safe, and its against the law to not have one. Thus, Pass Point aim to offer all the equipment that you may need for your first aid box at a reasonable price for their clients as well as offering a bespoke training course to make sure that you have a trained member of staff at all times. Based in Skelmersdale their courses are accessible from areas such as Manchester, Liverpool, Wigan, Warrington and many other areas across the general Lancashire and Cheshire area.


Some of their most popular items are :


First aid kits

CPR Face Shield and Gloves – Belt Set

20ml Saline Pods (Box of 25

Here are some of the courses that Pass Point offer:

First Aid

Health & Safety

Food Safety & Hygiene

Manual Handling of Loads

Moving & Handling of People

Food Hygiene

Safeguarding

COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health)

Conflict Management

And many more...

For any further information about the courses that Pass Point offer or to find out more about the first aid equipment that they offer, please click here. 

First Aid Courses | Pass Point

Is one member of your staff first aid trained? If not you may be putting your staff in danger as its very important to have at least one member of your staff be trained to prevent and make sure everyone is safe. Pass Point offer many courses that relate to saf6tey in the workplace such as first aid, work safety, food hygiene, and even teacher training as they aim to improve your safety skills. They are dedicated to ensuring that everyone who undergoes one of their training courses has the relevant understanding to carry out their job role safely and with confidence. Pass Point pride themselves on providing a fun and friendly learning environment which maintains higher knowledge retention. Based in Skelmersdale they can cater to a range of areas such as Manchester, Liverpool, Wigan, Widnes, Warrington and many other areas across the Northwest.

One of their most popular courses is their level 3 First Aid at work, which teaches all important skills for the workplace to their students. This course is perfect for any first timers who want training to gain these life saving skills that the course will be teaching. This course is available on the 27th of May, so sign up today for this class. Here are some of the skills that you will learn:

• Roles & Responsibilities of a First Aider
• First Aid Kits
• Scene Safety Assessment
• Barrier Use
• Primary Assessment
• Recovery Position
• Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on Adult
• Defibrillation & AED’s
• Choking Adult
• Serious Bleeding Management
• Shock Management
• Secondary Assessment
• Bandaging & Wounds
• Bones, Joints & Muscles Injuries
• Seizures & Epilepsy
• Diabetes
• Anaphylaxis
• Effects of Heat & Cold
• Heart Attack & Strokes
• Minor Injuries (including burns & scalds, cuts & bruises, splinters)
• Scenario Practice – Using fake wounds and role play techniques

For any further information please click here. 

First Aid At Work Level 3 | Pass Point | Skelmersdale

Do you fully understand the importance of having a fully trained member of staff in first aid? Not only is it the law but you may be putting your staff in danger as none in your team will know how to deal with any injures effectivly as they lack that training. Pass Point see this basic training as vital in the work place hence why they are dedicated to educating and training members of staff in these vital and life saving skills. Based in Skelmersdale, Lancashire WN8 9PW they are able to offer this service to anyone in the surrounding area such as Manchester, Wigan, Widnes and Liverpool, so why not sign a member of your staff up this course today.


Pass Point have one class planned for May 27th to the 29th in First Aid at Work level 3, so why not sign uptoday and make your working enviroment much safer with the skills you will gain. This course is perfect for anyone who wants to become a credited first aider, which would make you a much more emplyable employee or your office a safer place. For only the reasonable price of £180.00 per person this course will be able to provide the vital skills needed in each working enviroment by at least one member to ensure safty of all satff members. Likewise, if you wish to privatly fund this course for your own benefit in order to make you more employable then Pass Point will also accept any candidate like that too on this course. It must be noted that places are limited so sign up today and leanr these life saving skills today.

Some of the skills you will learn on this course are:

• Roles & Responsibilities of a First Aider
• First Aid Kits
• Scene Safety Assessment
• Barrier Use
• Primary Assessment
• Recovery Position
• Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on Adult
• Defibrillation & AED’s
• Choking Adult
• Serious Bleeding Management
• Shock Management
• Secondary Assessment
• Bandaging & Wounds
• Bones, Joints & Muscles Injuries

For any further informartion please click here.

Become a first aider in the New Year

The Action Training Service aims to provide people with skills and methods to make their working environment as safe as possible. We offer a variety of courses for people to attend both personally or for companies, which help to teach you safety in the work place. Our  health and safety training courses are on offer to clients in Warrington, Wigan, Liverpool, Manchester, St Helens.

A highly popular course is our paediatric first aid training, which helps to teach our clients valuable life saving skills. This course can help to teach you skills that can make your working environment as safe as possible and train you to be a fully trained first aider. The course is perfect If you do not hold a first aid certificate and you have been nominated to be the designated first aider within your workplace then this course is ideal for you and will be suitable for all members of staff.

First aid training is crucial in many different jobs like teaching and being a career, as it allows you to apply life saving methods if they are required. The course is vital for many different occupations and looks brilliant on job applications as companies are eager to take on trained first aider to apply with certain regulations. 

For any further information please contact us at  01942 270070.

First Aid Courses from Action Training Services

Action Training Services provide a whole range of courses to cater for all types of businesses and their requirements. The overall aim and objective of each course is to provide adequate training and learning to decrease the health and safety risks within the workplace.

Action Training Service provide  a number of First Aid courses in Warrington, Wigan, St Helens, Manchester, Liverpool, Merseyside and Cheshire.

First Aid Courses available are:

Emergency First Aid at Work 

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 First Aid at Work

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  First Aid at Work (Refresher)

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 Defibrillation (AED)

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Bumps, Slips and Trips

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Annual Basic First Aid Skills Upgrade

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Sports First Aid

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Family First Aid 

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