ACT DECISIVELY IN CRITICAL MOMENTS
Steels Safety Training provides comprehensive Emergency First Aid Training designed to equip individuals with essential life-saving skills. This course focuses on practical knowledge and hands-on techniques to respond effectively to emergencies, including CPR, wound treatment, and managing shock. Tailored to meet workplace and personal safety requirements, the training ensures compliance with Health and Safety Executive (HSE) standards. Delivered by experienced professionals, it fosters confidence and preparedness in handling real-life scenarios. Whether you’re a business ensuring employee safety or an individual seeking vital skills, Steels Safety Training empowers participants to act decisively in critical moments, making a meaningful difference when it matters most.Emergency First Aid- Level 3 Award (RQF)
Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) RQF Level 3 is a regulated qualification that provides comprehensive training in emergency first aid skills. This 6-hour course is designed to equip individuals with the knowledge and confidence to respond effectively to various medical emergencies in the workplace. This course aims to enable participants to become competent first aiders in the workplace, capable of providing immediate and potentially life-saving assistance until professional medical help arrives.
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- The content covered in this EFAW includes the following components:
- 1. Understand the role and responsibilities of a first aider:
- Identify the role and responsibilities of a first aider
- Identify how to minimise the risk of infection to self and others
- Identify the need for consent to provide first aid
- 2. Be able to assess an emergency situation safely
- Conduct a scene survey
- Conduct a primary survey of a casualty
- Summon appropriate assistance when necessary
- 3. Be able to provide first aid to an unresponsive casualty
- Identify when to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Demonstrate adult CPR using a manikin
- Identify when to place a casualty into the recovery position
- Demonstrate how to place a casualty into the recovery position
- Demonstrate continual monitoring of breathing whilst the casualty is in the recovery position Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty who is experiencing a seizure
- 4. Be able to provide first aid to a casualty who is choking
- Identify when a casualty is choking
- Demonstrate how to administer first aid to a casualty who is choking
- 5. Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with external bleeding
- Identify whether external bleeding is life-threatening
- Demonstrate how to administer first aid to a casualty with external bleeding
- 6. Know how to provide first aid to a casualty who is suffering from shock
- Recognise when a casualty is suffering from shock
- Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty who is suffering from shock
- 7. Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with minor injuries
- Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty with: • small cuts • grazes • bruises • small splinters • nosebleeds
- 8. Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty with minor burns and scald
- The EFAW Level 3 course typically includes practical hands-on training, scenario-based exercises, and theoretical knowledge to ensure participants develop the necessary skills and confidence to respond effectively in emergency situations. The course is delivered by qualified trainers who provide guidance, demonstrations, and opportunities for participants to practice their skills.
Emergency Paediatric First Aid -Level 3 Award (RQF)
Emergency Paediatric First Aid RQF Level 3 qualification is designed for learners with a responsibility for the care of children and babies and provides knowledge and skills to deal with a range of paediatric first aid conditions and incidents. This one-day Emergency Paediatric First Aid course has been designed for those who have an interest in child and infant Basic Life Support, including parents, guardians and family members. The purpose of the qualification is for the learner to attain the knowledge and practical competence required to deal with a range of Paediatric First Aid situations.
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- This Emergency Paediatric First Aid qualification is unit 1 of the two-day FAA Paediatric First Aid qualification.
- This is a 7-hour course, 6 hours are in the classroom, plus some pre-course study and consists of practical and theoretical activities.
- From gaining this Emergency Paediatric First Aid qualification learners could progress to completing unit 2 and being awarded the 2-day FAA Award in Paediatric First Aid.
- The qualification is assessed both through practical demonstration and oral questioning. A learner must successfully pass a practical assessment to achieve the qualification.
Activity First Aid- Level 3 Award (RQF)
This Activity First Aid- RQF Level 3 Award is a 2-day First Aid Course that is designed for those who have an interest in outdoor activities. It is specifically designed for those who are involved in any form of activity, including sports, leisure and recreation. Not only is Basic Life Support included, but many other First Aid conditions are also included, making this qualification very comprehensive.
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- This Level 3 qualification is made up of two units including First Aid Essentials.
- The content covered in this course includes the following components:
- Unit 1
- Understand the role and responsibilities of a first aider
- Identify the role and responsibilities of a first aider
- Identify how to minimise the risk of infection to self and others
- Identify the need for consent to provide first aid
- Be able to assess an emergency situation safely
- Conduct a scene survey
- Conduct a primary survey of a casualty
- Summon appropriate assistance when necessary
- Be able to provide first aid to an unresponsive casualty
- Identify when to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Demonstrate adult CPR using a manikin
- Identify how to perform CPR for:
- Children • victims of drowning
- Identify when to place a casualty into the recovery position
- Demonstrate how to place a casualty into the recovery position
- Demonstrate continual monitoring of breathing whilst the casualty is in the recovery position
- Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty who is experiencing a seizure
- Be able to provide first aid to a casualty who is choking
- Identify when a casualty is choking
- Demonstrate how to administer first aid to a casualty who is choking
- Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with external bleeding
- Identify whether external bleeding is life-threatening
- Demonstrate how to administer first aid to a casualty with external bleeding
- Know how to provide first aid to a casualty who is suffering from shock
- Recognise when a casualty is suffering from shock
- Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty who is suffering from shock
- Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with minor injuries
- Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty with:
- Small cuts • grazes • bruises • small splinters • nosebleeds
- Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty with minor burns and scald
- Unit 2
- Be able to conduct a secondary survey
- Identify the information to be collected when gathering a casualty history
- Demonstrate how to conduct a head to toe survey
- Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with suspected injuries to bones, muscles and joints
- Recognise a suspected:
- Fracture or dislocation • sprain or strain
- Identify how to administer first aid for a casualty with suspected:
- Fracture or dislocation • sprain or strain
- Demonstrate how to apply:
- A support sling • an elevated sling
- Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with suspected head and spinal injuries
- Recognise a suspected:
- Head injury • spinal injury
- Identify how to administer first aid for a suspected head injury
- Demonstrate how to administer first aid for a casualty with a suspected spinal injury
- Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with suspected chest injuries
- Identify how to administer first aid for suspected:
- Fractured ribs • penetrating chest injury
- Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with an eye injury
- Identify how to administer first aid for a casualty with
- A foreign body in eye • an eye injury
- Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with bites and stings
- Identify how to administer first aid for:
- Bites • stings
- Be able to provide first aid to a casualty with anaphylaxis
- Recognise suspected anaphylaxis
- Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty with suspected anaphylaxis
- Demonstrate the use of a ‘training device’ adrenaline auto-injector
- Know how to provide first aid to a casualty with suspected major illness
- Recognise suspected:
- Heart attack • epileptic seizure • asthma attack • diabetic hypoglycaemic emergency
- Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty suffering from:
- Heart attack • epileptic seizure • asthma attack • diabetic hypoglycaemic emergency
- Know how to provide first aid to a casualty suffering from the effects of heat or cold
- Recognise the following conditions:
- Shivering • hypothermia • dehydration • heat exhaustion • hyperthermia
- Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty suffering from the following conditions:
- Shivering • hypothermia • dehydration • heat exhaustion • hyperthermia
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- Practical assessment take place throughout the course and typically includes practical hands-on training, scenario-based exercises, and theoretical knowledge to ensure participants develop the necessary skills and confidence to respond effectively in emergency situations. The course is delivered by qualified trainers who provide guidance, demonstrations, and opportunities for participants to practice their skills.
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation & Automated External Defibrillation
Level 2 Award (RQF)
Heart and circulatory diseases claim around 200,000 lives each year. Many could have been saved if a defibrillator was made available. Automated External Defibrillators (AED’s) are now becoming more common throughout a range of public and workplaces. A casualty’s survival rate will dramatically increase if an AED is available and if you have appropriately qualified personnel to use it. Not only does this course deal with the use of an AED but it also includes vital training in resuscitation and choking procedures.
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- This is a 6-hour course consisting of practical and theoretical activities.
- The content covered in this CPR & AED Course includes the following components:
- Responsibilities and reporting
- Resuscitation
- Choking
- Assessment of the situation
- Heart attacks
- AED safety
- Dealing with an unresponsive casualty
- Infection control
- Paediatric defibrillation
- AED functions
- Defibrillation procedures
- FURTHER INFORMATION
- The course Instructor is responsible for determining whether delegates pass or fail based on practical and oral assessment throughout the course, i.e. by observation and oral questioning, as well as the completion of a multiple-choice question paper at the end of the course. The instructor will only award a pass if they believe that delegates have displayed the requisite understanding and competencies at the end of each session throughout the course and successfully completed the question paper.
Catastrophic Bleeding Control Course
This is an excellent course designed for First Aiders who are involved in high-risk working environments. This 3-hour course will provide learners with guidance on catastrophic bleeding control, including dealing with the inherent dangers associated with the use of tourniquets and haemostatic dressings whilst administering first aid in a high-risk working environment.
Learners must hold a valid First Aid at Work or Emergency First Aid at Work certificate to attend the course.
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- The content covered in this Catastrophic Bleeding Course includes the following components:
- Equipment
- Primary survey
- Catastrophic bleeding
- Haemostatic dressings
- Tourniquets
- Top-to-toe survey
- Environmental issues
- Handover to the emergency services
- Further Information
- Although there is no formal assessment, the instructor will assess each individual throughout the course and issue a non-regulated certificate of achievement where the required level of attainment has been met.
