Training
IHS have a team of Nurses, Paramedics and other health professionals that deliver training courses to ensure quality and best practice is applied at all times. We have an extensive portfolio of trainers with a wide range of experience ranging from nurses to university lecturers.
We cover all aspects of Manual handling, First Aid Training and Healthcare.
IHS provide the following Courses :
- HSE Approved First Aid At Work Course (3 day)
- First Aid At Work Refresher (Half day)
- Emergency Aid for the Appointed Person First Aid Course (6 hours) £45
- Emergency Aid Course (4 hour course)
- Basic Life Support Course (2 hours)
- Anaphylaxis first aid and Auto Injector Training (3 hours)
- The Essentials of Health & Safety (1 day course)
- COSHH awareness (3 hour course)
- Manual Handling (Full Day) – this course fulfils the All Wales Passport for Manual Handling.
- Child protection Awareness (half day)
- Catheter Care (half day)
- Incontinence Awareness (Half day)
- Automated External Defibrillator Training (AED) (4 hour’s)
- Buccal Midazolam & Rectal Diazepam –( 3 Hours)
- Administration of Medication Awareness – (half day)
- Palliative Care - (half Day)
- Enteral Feeding (PEG) – (Half Day)
- Infection Control – (half day)
- Diabetic awareness - (half day)
- Epilepsy Awareness – (half day)
- Mental Health Awareness – (half day)
- Venepuncture – (full day)
- Food Hygiene – (full day)
- Record Keeping (half day)
Please contact us for course syllabus
We are able to train at your site – or we have large training rooms here at our base.
*We also provide other courses from time to time so keep an eye out on our news pages *
All of our courses are run by fully qualified professional nurses
This course is the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) approved First Aid at Work course, in accordance with the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981. Holders of this First Aid at Work certificate can be used as First Aiders in the workplace in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Content:
| HSE Approved First Aid at Work (3 day) |
| Incident and casualty management |
| Respiratory and circulatory systems |
| Primary assessment |
| Emergency aid |
| Secondary assessment |
| Airway and breathing difficulties |
| Disorders of circulation |
| Wounds and bleeding |
| Bone, joint and muscle injuries |
| Burns and scalds |
| Epilepsy/diabetes/poisoning |
| Hot and cold injuries |
| Recording and reporting |
This is a re-qualification course for the First Aid at work certificate. This course is a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) approved First Aid at Work course, in accordance with the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981. Holders of this First Aid at Work certificate can be used as First Aiders in the workplace in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
| Refresher First Aid at work course (1 day) |
| Incident and casualty management |
| Respiratory and circulatory systems |
| Primary assessment |
| Emergency aid |
| Secondary assessment |
| Airway and breathing difficulties |
| Disorders of circulation |
| Wounds and bleeding |
| Bone, joint and muscle injuries |
| Burns and scalds |
| Epilepsy/diabetes/poisoning |
| Hot and cold injuries |
| Recording and reporting |
The aim of the course is to provide students with training in first aid and allow them the opportunity to achieve the Emergency Aid for the Appointed Person First Aid Qualification. By the end of the course, students will be able to:
| Emergency Aid for the Appointed Person First Aid Course (6 hours) |
| Explain the role of the appointed person |
| State the Cause of unconsciousness |
| Perform the recovery position on an unconscious casualty |
| Perform cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) |
| Perform required choking procedures |
| Select and use various dressings to control bleeding |
| Identify safety precautions when assessing for danger |
| State the procedures for dealing with a casualty having a seizure |
| State the procedures for dealing with a diabetic casualty |
| State the procedures for dealing with a casualty who has a burn/scald |
| State the procedures for dealing with a casualty who has a stroke |
| State the procedures for dealing with a casualty who has a heart condition |
| Select necessary personal protective equipment or PPE |
Aim of this course is to provide students with an overview of first aid principles in order to provide basic life support to the casualty in need. By the end of the course, students will be able to:
| Emergency Aid Course (4 hour course) |
| State the Cause of unconsciousness |
| Perform the recovery position on an unconscious casualty |
| Perform cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) |
| Perform required choking procedures |
| Identify safety precautions when assessing for danger |
The aim of this course is to provide students with the training to perform basic life support. By the end of the course, students will be able to:
| Basic Life Support Course (2 hours) |
| State the Cause of unconsciousness |
| Perform the recovery position on an unconscious casualty |
| Perform cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) |
| Perform required choking procedures |
Suitable for anyone who works in an environment / alongside people who suffer from anaphylaxis. This course aims to provide the participant with the knowledge and skills to help deal with the management of a casualty experiencing a severe anaphylactic reaction.
| Anaphylaxis first aid and Auto Injector Training (2 hours) |
| What is Anaphylaxis? How to recognise an anaphylactic reaction – Signs and symptoms First Aid Management Use of Auto injector (Epi Pen) CPR & Recovery position Certification will last 3 years. |
| The Essentials of Health & Safety (1 day course) |
| The presentation covers the following: |
| Accidents & injuries |
| Slip, trips & falls |
| Protective clothing |
| Fire |
| Manual handling |
| Working at height |
| Risk assessment |
| Equipment |
| Safety signs |
| First aid |
| Electricity |
| COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) |
| Display screen equipments |
| COSHH awareness (3 hour course) |
| Definitions and explanations of what COSHH is |
| Team responsibilities |
| Risk assessments and how to carry one out on your business |
| Accident reporting |
| RIDDOR |
| Prevention and control / PPE / training /monitoring / warning signs |
| An awareness test Infection Control Training (3 hours) |
| General introduction Micro-organisms, infection, the chain of infection, pathogens, causative agents, transmission, way in/out and susceptible hosts. |
| Reducing the risk of infection Standard precautions, risk assessment, personal/hand hygiene, PPE, blood and body fluids, equipment, environmental control, safe disposal of waste, safe handling of linen and appropriate case placement. |
| Putting it all together – managing and reducing the risk Standards, documentation, quality assurance, management/worker roles and responsibilities, barriers to infection control, law/guidelines and Health Protection Agencies. |
| The PowerPointTM Presention (CD-ROM) can be used in place of traditional OHP transparencies. Containing interactive elements which allow the class to get involved, this CD helps you to provide an engaging training course. |
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