We can deliver this EFAW+F course at a venue of your choice for groups of 6 or more students.
This EFAW+F course is ideal for those working in forestry environments including forestry workers, arborists, vegetation clearance, tree planting and Forestry Commission work. The EFAW+F course provides you with the knowledge and skills required to be an emergency first aider at work, as outlined in the Health & Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
The Forestry Commission first aid policy recommend those who work in the forestry industry attend training which includes additional topics relevant to the risks and nature or their work, topics including:
- Severe bleeding (i.e., chainsaw injury)
- Crush injury
- Hypothermia
- Lyme Disease
If your first aid needs analysis suggests more training beyond the EFAW+F course maybe working in remote areas or such as stabilising fractures, trauma injuries, working at height, head injuries & medical illnesses we would recommend the 2 Day Outdoor First Aid course; a practical, basic course designed specifically for those who work in remote or higher hazard environments. Contact us how we can dual certificate this.
This EFAW+F course is forestry specific. It tailors the standard Emergency First Aid at Work content and covers the additional topics required by the Forestry Commission i.e. severe bleeding covering the use of Tourniquets, pressure bandages and haemostatic dressings, crush injuries, secondary survey and evacuation, hypothermia and Lymes disease.
EFAW+F course content
- Initial Incident Management
- Basic Life Support Procedures
- CPR and Defibrillator including remote protocols.
- Dealing with major bleeding
- Common Illnesses
- Crush Injuries
- Hypothermia
- Lymes Disease
Certificates
Students that complete the days training and pass the assessments will receive a certificate that is valid for three years.
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Poppy Galbraith2024-04-18Amazing course!
Karly Pearce2024-04-18Best first aid course, I've ever attended!! Toby gave us regular breaks during the day, to make sure we didn't lose focus or get bored. Toby is easy going, has a great sense of humour, which made it way more fun and digestible 👌🏾 Thanks Toby ☺️
izaak stanton2024-04-18Toby was super helpful and made the process as fun as possible, we all learnt a lot, even those who had completed training before learnt a lot more of useful information, would 100% recommend
U7 GYM2024-04-18We had Toby complete our Emergency First Aid at Work training for our staff, and we couldn't be happier with how the course went. From start to finish, Toby ensured that the course content was engaging and relatable to our own requirements in the gym industry. Toby was friendly, relaxed, and clearly had a lot of knowledge and experience. We will definitely be using Optimal First Aid Ltd for all of our first aid and further health and safety courses moving forwards. Thanks Toby!
ian stone2024-04-04Optimal First Aid and Toby provided exceptional service. Their content was top-notch, presented in a manner that seamlessly integrates First Aid into real-life situations. This approach made the course highly engaging, instilling confidence in myself and our colleagues to effectively administer first aid should the situation ever arise.
Sal Thepal2024-03-28The Emergency First Aid at Work course with Toby was engaging, thought provoking and thorough. His life experience brought a realism and immediacy into the room. Excellent teaching.
Briony Enright2024-03-27Would highly recommend this organisation for First Aid Training, great facilitator who made the subject interesting and easy to learn.
Rachel Stammers2024-03-27Very practical and informative first aid course. Toby gave us the benefit of his real lived experience using first aid, and was very reassuring.
Jim Wilsher2024-03-26Toby and Erica ran a very well organised and hugely informative two-day course that I attended recently. Having people running the course with 'real' first-hand experience of administering first aid in the outdoors means the content is high quality, realistic and hands-on. I have been highly recommending the course to others and look forward to doing another one sometime. Thanks to the both of you.
Belinda Smith2024-03-07Toby delivered a first class course today, a great facilitator who kept us all engaged. I’d thoroughly recommend Optical First Aid to anyone looking to arrange any type of first aid course.
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