First Aid Training

• Discover Diving is an Emergency First Response training venue, with instructors qualified to meet all your first aid training needs.
• We offer flexible scheduling of courses, including week day, evening and weekend sessions.  
• We work with employers to help schedule your training around workplace demands. 
• Our fully equipped classroom provides a comfortable setting for training, but we are also able to provide training on site if that suits your requirements.
• Our Care for Children course is ideal for parents or anyone looking after young children.

Please get in touch to discuss your First Aid training needs and let us schedule your training at a time to suit. Call Michelle on 01624 833008 or email info@discoverdiving.im.

First Aid at Work
The Emergency First Response First Aid at Work Course (Great Britain) is designed for the purpose of meeting the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981. This programme meets the statutory needs of employers in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland needing at least one First Aider on the premises.

​The Emergency First Response First Aid at Work (Great Britain) course is customised to UK Resuscitation Council basic life support protocols and nationally accepted first aid protocols and is based upon the instructor led delivery of the Emergency First Response Primary Care and Secondary Care modules instructor digital lesson guides. Modules on Caring for Specific Illnesses and Injuries, and First Aid in the Workplace compliment these. The course has its own materials including participant and instructor manuals, and benefits from the use of the existing Emergency First Response Primary Care and Secondary Care video.

By the end of this course you will be able to recognise and respond to life threatening illnesses in the workplace. You will be able to apply first aid treatments to a variety of injuries and illness and have learned about the reporting of workplace incidents.

This qualification is valid for 3 years from the date of issue. However, it is recommended that First Aiders attend annual refresher training to help maintain basic skills and to keep up to date with any changes to first-aid procedures. The Primary Care (CPR) course meets the criteria for the annual refresher. Re-qualification courses should be undertaken within a month of the expiry date of your current FAW certificate.  These courses take around 12 hours. 
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Duration: Minimum 18 hours
Cost: First Aid at Work     £275.00 (inc VAT)              FAW Re-qualification    £175.00 (inc VAT)
Includes; Emergency First Response Participant manual (with independent study section, skill workbook and reference guide), First Aid at Work Student guide

 CPR & AED
​The Emergency First Response CPR & AED course teaches the basic principles of CPR and how to deploy and use an Automated External Defibrillation (AED) in an emergency situation. This life saving device can increase a patient’s chance of survival from a cardiac arrest by fifty percent, Because early intervention is so important for these patients, many businesses, government agencies, recreational facilities and public places are making AEDs readily available for properly trained people.
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This course is very popular for annual CPR (re-)training often required for the workplace.
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Duration:  2.5 to 4 hours
Cost:  £40 (inc VAT)
​Includes: CPR & AED t manual (with independent study section, skill workbook and reference guide). 

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Care for Children
​The Emergency First Response Care for Children course is an innovative CPR, AED and First Aid training course that teaches participants how to provide emergency care for injured or ill children (ages one to eight) and infants less than one year old.

​Participants learn about the types of medical emergencies that children face, and how they differ from adults. The curriculum also includes the importance of attending to basic emergency situations with children, the emotional aspects of caring for children, secondary care for children, and preventing common injuries and illnesses in children.

The Emergency First Response Care for Children course trains the lay rescuer to follow the same priorities of care used by medical professionals. The student masters the priorities and the procedures of patient care for infants and children in a non-stressful learning environment, which reduces the performance anxieties that interfere with learning and enhances confidence when rendering aid in a real medical emergency.

The course includes both primary care (CPR) and secondary care (first aid) skills. The primary care portion of the course prepares the rescuer to help an infant or child with a life-threatening emergency such as choking or cardiac arrest. Secondary care focuses on developing first aid skills and building the rescuer’s confidence to help an infant or child in need when emergency medical services are either delayed or unavailable. The Care for Children course content is based on guidelines from the Pediatric Working Group of ILCOR.

Care for Children Primary Care Course Content:

• Scene Assessment, Barrier Use, Primary Assessment, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR, child and infant), Serious Bleeding Management, Shock Management, Spinal Injury Management, Conscious and Unconscious Choking Management (child and infant)
• Recommended Skill
  – Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Use (child)

Care for Children Secondary Care Course Content:
Injury Assessment
Bandaging
Illness Assessment.
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Duration:  8 to 9 hours
Cost:  £135 (inc VAT)
​Includes: Emergency First Response Care for Children Participant manual (with independent study section, skill workbook and reference guide). This is used for the Primary Care and Secondary Care courses for infants and children up to eight years old.

Primary Care (CPR)
​Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) teaches participants how to respond to life-threatening emergencies. The course focuses on primary care through a combination of knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice to make sure participants have the confidence in their ability to provide care when emergency situations arise.
Primary Care (CPR) skills taught in this course:

• Scene Assessment,
• Barrier Use
• Primary Assessment
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Serious Bleeding Management
• Shock Management
• Spinal Injury Management
• Conscious and Unconscious Choking Management.
• Recommended Skills
  – Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Use
  – Emergency Oxygen Use.

​​Duration:  4.5 to 6 hours
Cost:  £100 (inc VAT)
​Includes:​ Emergency First Response Participant manual (with independent study section, skill workbook and reference guide) & certification.

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Secondary Care (First Aid)
​Emergency First Response Secondary Care (first aid) covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life threatening. Participants focus on secondary assessment and first aid through knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice.
Secondary Skills taught in this course:

• Injury Assessment
• Illness Assessment
• Bandaging
• Splinting for Dislocations and Fractures

Includes first aid treatment reference for the following emergencies:
Allergic Reactions (incl. anaphylaxis), Asthma, Bruises, Burns, Chemical Burns, Choking (adult, child, infant), CPR (adult, child, infant), Cuts, Dental Injuries, Diabetic Problems, Dislocations and Fractures, Electrical Injuries, Eye Injuries, First Aid Kit Assembly, Fish Spine Injury, Frostbite, Heat Exhaustion, Heatstroke, Heart Attack, Hypothermia, Insect Stings, Jellyfish Stings, Octopus Bites, Poisoning, Scrapes, Seizures, Snake Bites, Spider Bites, Sprains and Strains, Stroke, Temperature Related Injuries and Venomous Bites and Stings.

Duration:  2.5 to 3.5 hours
Cost:  £45 (inc VAT)
​Includes: This course is taught as a follow on from Primary Care. The manual from your Primary Care course will also cover the material needed for this course.  A new manual is not supplied.