Student First Aid (RQF)

Student First Aid (RQF)

27 years teaching first aid, 16 years front line experience, 7 years medical cover at major sporting events. 25 years looking after and managing youth events.

The Government has introduced mandatory basic first aid training in all state-funded secondary schools in England. This training is part of relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE), and health education, with the aim being that all pupils will have been taught basic first aid skills by the time they leave secondary school. In countries that already teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), survival rates are more than double those of the UK.

Department for Education guidance says that pupils should know:

 • Basic treatment for common injuries

 • Life-saving skills, including how to administer CPR

 • The purpose of defibrillators and when one might be needed

First Aid Awards (FAA) have developed the FAA Award in Student First Aid with the qualification being available to young people from the age of 11. The qualification covers CPR and the safe use of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator), choking and common injuries such as head injuries, broken bones, sprains/strains and bleeding control.

Learning first aid skills such as CPR will give young people the confidence to know that they can help someone and potentially save a life.

Face to face

• Aims of First Aid
• First Aid kits
• Contacting the emergency services
• Primary Survey
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• The use of an AED
• Unconscious casualties
• Recovery position
• Choking
• Head injuries
• Small cuts and grazes
• Bruises
• Nosebleeds
• Minor burns and scalds
• Fractures
• Dislocations
• Sprains and strains

This qualification is regulated in the UK and awarded by First Aid Awards (FAA).

FAA are an awarding organisation regulated by Ofqual and SQA Accreditation and the qualification sits on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) and the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF).

The qualification is delivered, assessed, and quality assured adhering to the Assessment Principles for Regulated First Aid Qualifications, and delivered and assessed in accordance with the current Resuscitation Council UK Guidelines.

On successful completion of the course students will receive a FAA level 2 Award in Student First Aid (RQF) that is valid for three years from the date of achievement. 

3 hours. This can be delivered in one day or spread over a maximum of 12 

months, ensuring that each session is a minimum of one hour.

The qualification is assessed through practical demonstration and written assessment and a learner must pass both 

assessments to be awarded the qualification. 

There is no grading of the assessment, learners pass or are referred.

12 students to 1 trainer

The qualification is available to learners aged 11 or over.

It may be possible to grant a reasonable adjustment for a learner who has a disability, medical condition or learning need following the FAA Reasonable Adjustment and Special Consideration Policy. For example, assistance could be given with reading or writing. 

Due to the practical nature of the first aid assessment there are physical demands. Learners must be able to get to the floor unaided and successfully demonstrate all required elements of the practical assessment on their own, with the casualty on the floor, as in a real-life situation. For example, a learner will need to get to the floor unassisted and demonstrate effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a manikin at floor level.

If you have any concerns, please contact us to discuss before attending the course.

To requalify learners will need to complete the full 3-hour course again.

£350 per course.

This course can be held at your location so that the content are tailored to your requirements and environment.

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