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Update HSE advice on First Aid protocols
12th May 2010
A frequent question we get asked is "do you teach the same as St John or Red Cross?" The short answer is yes we do! The HSE have this to say on this subject and of course we comply with their policies: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are regularly asked questions on different first aid protocols in particular whether the treatment provided is correct...
New First Aid at Work Courses for 2010
5th January 2010
HSE Approved First Aid at Work Courses as of 1st October 2009 You may or may not know that the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) have introduced some major changes to the First Aid at Work Regulations on 1st October 2009. We have produced this briefing sheet to help you understand how the changes will affect your First Aid training provision in your workplace...
First Aid at Work and Emergency Aid courses are changing on 1st October 2009
1st November 2008
See this flowchart to see if the changes affect you. First aid courses to complete over an initial three year period and in subsequent years.
Update on the review of the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981
25th August 2008
Click here for the latest on the most important changes to First Aid in the Workplace for over 30 years. First Aid at Work courses are likely to be 3 days instead of 4 and Appointed persons courses will be 6 hours instead of 4. This update on the review of the First Aid Regulations seeks to clarify the relationship between HSE and the First Aid at Work Council...
Basic Life Support Changes 2006
15th June 2006
New basic life support protocols have been launched by the Resuscitation Council (UK). Read the new resuscitation procedures in more detail here. Further information can be found on the Resuscitation Council (UK)'s website. The following summarises the changes: Compressions to Breaths Ratio Once normal breathing is found to be absent, give 30 compressions at the rate of 100 per minute...
Update on the Review of the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981
28th January 2006
Following on from the first stage Casella Winton research report and the second stage Discussion Document, HSE made some amendments to the proposals for revising the structure and content of first aid training courses. These amendments were incorporated into a consultation paper which was issued in November 2004 to obtain the views of HSE approved first aid training providers as well as organisations representing employers, employees, emergency medical and paramedic personnel...
The Analysis of Review Questionnaire
28th July 2005
The HSE have published their findings on the major review of First Aid in the workplace. Changes that are proposed include reducing the First Aid at Work course from 4 to 3 days and ensuring that only approved organisations can teach Emergency Aid courses...
First Aid Training: Retention of Skills and Knowledge
11th October 2004
Proof that 3 years is too long for a First Aid at Work certificate! By Dr Mark Woods PhD, from the Medical Sciences Unit, Health and Safety Executive Background The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 place a legal duty on employers to provide suitable equipment, facilities and personnel for the first aid treatment of employees who are injured or become ill at work...
HSE Response to the Casella Review
8th October 2003
The HSE have responded to the Casella Review. This is essential reading for any organisation interested in the future of First Aid at Work. In 2001, The HSE commissioned research into the effectiveness of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981...
The Casella Report
16th September 2003
Back in October 2001, Research into the effectiveness of Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 was commissioned by the HSE. The report, produced by Casella Winton, was published on the 30 January 2003.The HSE is considering the recommendations made in the research report and is aiming to issue a Discussion Document in Autumn 2003...