EFR Emergency First Aid at Work (1-day)
The EFR Emergency First Aid at Work course is a focused, one-day programme designed to give you the essential skills to act as an Emergency First Aider in the workplace. It aligns with the HSE guidance for Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW), covering life-threatening conditions and the most common injuries and illnesses you’re likely to see at work.
With a maximum of six learners per course, you’ll get plenty of hands-on practice and time to ask questions.
Who is this course for?
- Lower-risk workplaces such as offices, shops and studios
- Small businesses that need at least one emergency first aider
- Volunteers and community group leaders
- Anyone who wants a solid grounding in first aid in just one day
What you’ll learn
- Role and responsibilities of an Emergency First Aider
- Assessing an incident and keeping yourself safe
- Adult CPR and safe use of an AED (defibrillator)
- Recovery position and monitoring a casualty
- Dealing with choking
- Managing shock, seizures and fainting
- Controlling severe and minor bleeding
- Managing minor injuries (cuts, grazes, bruising, minor burns and scalds)
Course format
- Duration: 1 full day (6 hours teaching plus breaks)
- Group size: Maximum 6 learners
- Location: Warrior Spirit Martial Arts, Anglesey, or your location.
- Teaching style: Interactive, practical and scenario-based
- Equipment: Laerdal QCPR manikins, AED trainer, first aid equipment
Assessment & certification
- Ongoing practical assessment during the day
- Successful learners receive an EFR Emergency First Aid at Work certificate
- Certificate validity: 3 years (retraining recommended before expiry, in line with HSE advice)
Price
- £150 per person on scheduled open courses
- £825 for a private course at our venue for up to 6 learners
About Emergency First Response (EFR)
Emergency First Response (EFR) is one of the world’s largest CPR, AED and first aid training organisations, with tens of thousands of instructors teaching in more than 180 countries. It is a corporate affiliate of PADI, the world’s leading diver training organisation, and has over four decades of experience in developing high-quality emergency care training materials and curricula.
EFR courses are based on internationally recognised medical guidelines for emergency care and follow the consensus recommendations of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) through bodies such as the European Resuscitation Council and the American Heart Association. Training programmes are updated whenever resuscitation guidelines are revised, so the CPR and first aid skills you learn reflect current, evidence-based best practice.
In the UK, the EFR First Aid at Work (Great Britain) programme is specifically designed to meet the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981, customised to Resuscitation Council UK basic life support protocols and nationally accepted first aid standards. This allows employers to use EFR training as part of their duty to provide “adequate and appropriate” first aid provision in the workplace under HSE guidance.
The skills taught in EFR programmes are the same core, evidence-based resuscitation and first aid techniques that underpin training for healthcare professionals and emergency responders, simplified and practised at a layperson level so that anyone can learn to provide effective help until the emergency services arrive.
