Course details

The course is designed to provide learners with the knowledge, practical skills and understanding required to provide and co-ordinate first aid in the workplace in compliance with the requirements of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 and the associated guide to these regulations.

Entry Level & Special Requirements

QQI Level 4 Certificate, Leaving Certificate or equivalent qualifications and/or relevant life and work experiences.

Assessment

Learners who wish to achieve this QQI Level 5 Module or Component

Certificate must complete 2 Skills Demonstrations (70%) – one on Basic Life

Saving Skills (CPR & AED – 40%) and 2 other occupational first aid skills (30%). There is also an examination consisting of 22 short answer questions of which 20 must be answered (30%).

Course Content

The specific learning outcomes are grouped into 8 units

  • Unit 1 – First Aid in the Workplace
  • Unit 2 – Patient Assessment
  • Unit 3 – Respiratory Emergencies
  • Unit 4 – Cardiac First Response
  • Unit 5 – Wounds and Bleeding
  • Unit 6 – Altered Levels of Consciousness
  • Unit 7 – Musculoskeletal Injuries
  • Unit 8 – Burns and Scalds, Chemicals and Electric shock
Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Carers Association

The Carers Association is Ireland's national voluntary organisation for and of family carers in the home. Family carers provide high levels of care to a range of people including frail older people, people with severe disabilities, the terminally ill and children with special needs.

The Association was established in 1987 to lobby and advocate on behalf of carers. While the government has begun to initiate some services for carers, we believe that the vast majority of Ireland's family carers still remain without vital services. These services, such as in-home respite, are essential to family carers. They allows us to continue in our roles as family carers, thus implementing government policy to care for people in their own homes for as long as possible.

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