L2 Emergency First Aid at Work

Description:

This EAL Level 2 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work may be more suitable for lower-risk work environments, such as offices and shops and/or organisations with fewer than 100 employees.

Additional units can be added for work environments such as Rail & Construction including Electrical Burns. For regulatory purposes, successfully completing the Level 2 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work will enable the candidate to act as a first aider in the workplace.

The assessment regime has changed – candidates must:

  • Participate in all three assessment activities complete a test paper

Demonstrate competence in first-aid procedures for the management of a casualty:

  • who is unresponsive and breathing normally (recovery position).
  • who is unresponsive and not breathing normally (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
  • with external bleeding and who is in shock.

The EAL Level 2 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work comprises Unit 1 of the Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work:

  • roles and responsibilities of a first aider
  • assessing an incident
  • unconscious casualties
  • cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • choking
  • external bleeding
  • shock
  • minor injuries

This course concludes with a 20 question multiple choice paper exam.

Course can be run at any premises nationwide.