WorkSafe Emergency First Aid for Professional Drivers has been developed to enable instructors to offer a 7 hour training module that can count towards Driver CPC requirements. The course provides a single module that counts towards the overall requirement of 35 hours over a 5… read more →
The Department for Education has released a new Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage which is due to take effect on the 3rd April 2017. These guidelines include a new 1 day Emergency Paediatric course. Emergency Paediatric First Aid course details: This course… read more →
Training on Defibrillators to be included on the EFAW and FAW Syllabus Following last years Resuscitation Council UK guidelines update which placed even greater emphasis on the use of Defibrillators during Sudden Cardiac Arrest then HSE have revised their syllabus for both Emergency First Aid and First… read more →
Now available in the UK- the new Life Vac unit has been developed for resuscitating someone who has become unconscious due to choking. The unit has both child and adult masks that connect to the unit and are placed over the mouth of the casualty… read more →
September sees the launch of the new WorkSafe Manual Handling training programme. Following requests from WorkSafe instructors who wanted to deliver Manual Handling alongside First Aid we have launched new training materials and an instructor workshop. WorkSafe are offering an instructor workshop for people wanting… read more →
Following the launch of the UK Resuscitation Guidelines 2015 and the European Resuscitation First Aid Guidelines 2015 WorkSafe have been busy revising all PowerPoint presentations and student manuals to reflect the changes and recommendations. We communicated all of these in our last newsletter. Presentations have… read more →
WorkSafe have commissioned a developer to produce a brand new instructor interface for our website. Many instructors will have experienced the recent frustrations when submitting students to our online portal. We would like to apologise for these problems which are caused by the older technology… read more →
Our recent WorkSafe Fire Safety Instructor Training course was a great success. This new programme provides instructors with the skills and knowledge to deliver either the WorkSafe Fire Safety Awareness or WorkSafe Fire Marshall courses and provides full lesson plans and presentation material. Sessions are a… read more →
Christmas is a hazardous time! More than 80,000 people a year need hospital treatment for injuries such as falls, cuts and burns during the festive period. According to the NHS, during Christmas, your home is likely to be full of people and, in the excitement,… read more →
2015 sees for the first time the European Resuscitation Council produce guidelines for first aid and not just resuscitation. Back in 2012 The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) convened a task force to examine 22 areas of first aid to provide a standard international set… read more →
