First Aid Appointed Person

Introduction

Under the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulation, 1981 every employer has the responsibility to provide and have in place first aid cover for all of their employees.

The ‘Appointed First Aid Person’ is a person who may be responsible in a low risk working area such as an office with usually between 5 – 50 employees to look after the accident report forms and first aid box.  This person would also take responsibility should someone become ill or has an accident the work place and who would summon the emergency service if necessary.

The appointed person programme is delivered in one day and the qualification lasts for three years.

Aims

• The aim of this course is to give confidence to individuals any organisation who is ‘appointed’ to take control of an incident or emergency situation and summon further medical assistance if needed.

Key Outcomes

• Take responsibility in an incident or accident in their workplace
• Correctly record details in accordance with HSE guidance
• Summon further medical assistance if the need arises
• Perform cardiovascular resuscitation
• Deal with circulatory problems

Content

• Responsibilities
• Firs aid kits
• Summoning emergency services
• Record keeping
• Cardiovascular resuscitation
• Dealing with minor illnesses and incidents
• Respiratory and circulatory problems