It is the duty of the employer to make provision for First Aid under the Health and Safety (First Aid at Work) Regulations 1981. The First Aid Basic course is approved by the Health and Safety Executive, and provides employees with a First Aid at Work qualification and certificate, which is valid for three years. 

The course provides detailed training in theoretical and practical aspects of First Aid at work, in order to enable employees to manage a person or persons becoming suddenly ill or suffering injury at work. 

The information covered in the course includes the principles of First Aid, reporting and recording of accidents, and provision of assistance to a casualty suffering from the following conditions:

Unconsciousness

Hypoxia

Cardiac arrest

Bleeding / wounds

Shock

Burns / scalds

Extremes of temperature

Electrical injury

Eye injuries

Injuries to bones, muscles and joints

Exposure to poisons

Minor illness and some medical conditions