Courses

Course Outline

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) state that “The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require employers to provide adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities and personnel to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work. These Regulations apply to all workplaces including those with less than five employees and to the self-employed.”

Duration: 1 day (6 contact hours with end of course assessment)

Validity: Valid for 3 years with advisory annual refresher

Cost: £90 per person (discount available for full courses of 12 attendees)

Course Syllabus

• Role and resposibilities of the First Aider
• Minimising risk to self and others
• Consent to provide First Aid
• Scene survey
• Primary survey
• Summonin appropriate assistance
• CPR
• Recovery position
• Continual monitoring of breathing
• Seizures
• Choking
• External bleeding
• Shock
• Small cuts
• Grazes
• Bruises
• Small splinters
• Nosebleeds
• Minor burns and scalds

“HSE strongly recommends that first-aiders undertake annual refresher training, over half a day, during any three-year certification period. Although not mandatory, this will help qualified first-aiders maintain their basic skills and keep up to date with any changes to first-aid procedures.”

Not sure which HSE course would suit your workplace? Click here to view the HSE First Aid Assessment Tool.

Course Outline

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) state that “The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require employers to provide adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities and personnel to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work. These Regulations apply to all workplaces including those with less than five employees and to the self-employed.”

Duration: 3 days (18 contact hours with ongoing and end of course assessment)

Validity: Valid for 3 years with advisory annual refresher

Cost: £185 per person (discount available for full courses of 12 attendees)

Course Syllabus

• Role and responsibilities of a First Aider
• Minimising risk to self and others
• Consent to provide first aid
• Conducting a scene survey
• Primary survey
• Summoning appropriate assistance 
• CPR
• Recovery position
• Continual monitoring of breathing
• Seizures
• Choking
• External bleeding
• Shock
• Small cuts
• Grazes
• Bruises
• Small splinters
• Nosebleeds
• Minor burns and scalds
• Gathering a casualty history
• Head-to-toe survey
• Fractures
• Dislocations
• Sprains and strains
• Slings
• Head injury
• Spinal injury
• Fractured ribs
• Penetrating chest injury
• Eye injuries
• Poisonous substances
• Anaphylaxis
• Heart attack
• Stroke
• Epileptic seizure
• Asthma attack
• Diabetic hypoglycaemic emergency 

Not sure which HSE course would suit your workplace? Click here to view the HSE First Aid Assessment Tool.

Course Outline

Duration: 1 day (6 contact hours with on going and end of course assessment)

Validity: Valid for 3 years

Cost: £90 per person

Course Syllabus

• Health and safety considerations when using oxygen
• Benefits of administering oxygen in an emergency situation
• Administering oxygen to adults and children
• Cautions and contraindications of using oxygen
• Safety checks on equipment
• Safe administration of oxygen
• CPR
• Monitoring and recording the effects of administering oxygen

Course Outline

Duration: ½ day (4 contact hours)

Validity: Valid for 3 years

Cost: £30 per person

Course Syllabus

• Managing an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally
• Managing an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing normally
• How to safely use an automated external defibrilator

Course Outline

HSE strongly recommends that first-aiders undertake annual refresher training, over half a day, during any three-year certification period. Although not mandatory, this will help qualified first-aiders maintain their basic skills and keep up to date with any changes to first-aid procedures.
Duration: ½ day (3 contact hours with ongoing assessment)
Validity: Valid for 1 year

Cost: FREE for the first year (if previous training carried out through HBA), £40 per person for the second year (discount available for full courses of 12 attendees)
* Update and any changes to relevant First Aid procedures
* Assessing an incident
* Providing first aid to an unresponsive casualty
* Choking
* CPR
* Recovery position

Not sure which HSE course would suit your workplace? Click here to view the HSE First Aid Assessment Tool.

Course Outline

Duration:1 days (6 hours contact time with ongoing assessment)

Validity: Valid for 3 years

Cost: £65 per person

Course Syllabus

• Roles and responsiblities of a first aider in an outdoor environment
• How to minimise risk of infection
• First aid equipment for incidents in an outdoors environment
• Conducting a scene survey
• Primary Survey & recovery position
• Summoning appropriate assistance
• Choking
• Asthma
• Anaphylaxis
• Seizures
• Shock
• Diabetes
• Wounds and bleeding
• Bone, muscle and joint injuries
• Effects of heat and cold exposure
• How to insulate and shelter casualties
• Chest pain
• Drowning
• CPR & AED for adults

Course Outline

Welcome to our HBA Training course, Baby and Child First Aid.

Our 3-hour baby and child first aid course is designed for new and expectant parents, grandparents, carers and anyone who spends time looking after babies and children and wishes to have a basic knowledge of first aid. This session provides awareness of a variety of first aid emergencies affecting babies and young children including how to perform a primary survey, what to do in case your baby or child becomes unresponsive, begins to choke, has a seizure or stops breathing.

This course is delivered in a relaxed, comfortable environment and can be a useful additional training module to any of our other First Aid courses.

• This course is a 3-hour awareness session
• Certificate upon completion
• Certification valid for 3 years
• Just £35 per person or £60 per couple

Course Syllabus

When you choose a course with HBA Training, professionalism, relevance, and quality are our utmost priorities. During this Baby and Child First Aid course, you will cover the following subjects:

• Use of available equipment
• Planning for first aid emergencies
• Assess the situation to provide early, appropriate, and effective first aid in emergencies
• Seizures (febrile convulsions, epilepsy)
• Wounds and bleeding
• Severe allergies
• Choking
• Primary survey
• Treatment of an unconscious baby or child
• Minor and severe burns and scalds
• Recognition and treatment of sudden illnesses including meningitis
• Child and baby cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Course Outline

Duration: 2 days (12 hours contact time with ongoing assessment)

Validity: Valid for 3 years with advisory annual refresher

Cost: £130 per person (discounts available for full courses of 12 people)

Ideal for Childminders, Nursery schools, Primary school teachers and youth groups. This training can be altered to fit the particular age-range or activities you cater for.

Course Syllabus

• Roles and responsibilities of a paediatric first aider
• Minimising risk to self and others
• Differentiating between an infant and child for first aid treatment
• Scene survey
• Primary survey
• Summoning appropriate assistance
• CPR
• Recovery position
• Seizures
• Choking
• External bleeding
• Shock
• Bites 
• Stings
• Small cuts
• Grazes
• Bumps and bruises
• Small splinters
• Nosebleeds
• Fractures
• Dislocations
• Strains and sprains
• Slings
• Head injury 
• Spinal injury
• Foreign body in eye, ear and nose
• Eye injuries
• Diabetic hypoglycaemic attack
• Asthma attack
• Anaphylaxis
• Meningitis
• Ferbrile convulsions
• Extreme cold/heat
• Electric shocks
• Burns and scalds
• Poisonous substances

Course Outline

Duration: 1 day (6 contact hours with on going and end of course assessment)

Validity: Valid for 3 years

Cost: £90 per person

Course Syllabus

• Health and safety considerations when using oxygen
• Benefits of administering oxygen in an emergency situation
• Administering oxygen to adults and children
• Cautions and contraindications of using oxygen
• Safety checks on equipment
• Safe administration of oxygen
• CPR
• Monitoring and recording the effects of administering oxygen

Course Outline

Duration: Available from 1 hour to full 6 hour courses (with ongoing assessment). These courses can be altered to suit your needs

Validity: Valid for 3 years

Cost: from £5 per person (discounts offered for full courses)

This training can be altered to fit particular age-ranges or activities (e.g. DofE Awards, Scout and Guide Emergency Aid Awards, School groups, Young Lifeguards, Military Cadets). Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Course Syllabus

Any combination of the following (depending on the level of detail required):

• First Aid for the outdoors
• Priorities of First Aid
• Importance of infection prevention and control
• Reporting incidents
• Use of available equipment
• Assess the situation to provide early, appropriate and effective first aid in an emergency
• Primary Survey
• Secondary Survey
• Treatment of the unconscious casualty
• Recovery Position
• Asthma
• Choking
• Anaphylactic shock
• Epilepsy
• Shock
• Wounds and bleeding (including foreign bodies and eye injuries)
• Minor and severe burns and scalds
• Bone, muscle and joint injuries (strains, sprains and fractures)
• Spinal Injuries
• Stitches and muscle cramps
• Head injuries
• Heart attack
• CPR
• Automated External Defibrillation

Course Outline

Duration: ½ day (4 contact hours)

Validity: Valid for 3 years

Cost: £30 per person

Course Syllabus

• Managing an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally
• Managing an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing normally
• How to safely use an automated external defibrilator

Course Outline

Duration: 2 hour awareness session

Validity: Valid for 3 years

Cost: £40 per person

Suitable for friends or family members of anaphylaxis sufferers, school teachers and first aiders. It’s also useful as an additional training module to any of our other first aid courses.

Course Syllabus

• Managing an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally
• Managing an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing normally
• Recognising anaphylaxis
• Managing a casualty with anaphylaxis
• Use of an auto-injector
• Correct casualty positioning

Course Outline

Duration:1 days (6 hours contact time with ongoing assessment)

Validity: Valid for 3 years

Cost: £65 per person

Course Syllabus

• Roles and responsiblities of a first aider in an outdoor environment
• How to minimise risk of infection
• First aid equipment for incidents in an outdoors environment
• Conducting a scene survey
• Primary Survey & recovery position
• Summoning appropriate assistance
• Choking
• Asthma
• Anaphylaxis
• Seizures
• Shock
• Diabetes
• Wounds and bleeding
• Bone, muscle and joint injuries
• Effects of heat and cold exposure
• How to insulate and shelter casualties
• Chest pain
• Drowning
• CPR & AED for adults

Course Outline

Duration: 1 day (6 hours contact time with ongoing assessment)

Validity: Valid for 3 years

Course Syllabus

• Priorities of First Aid
• Reporting incidents
• Use of available equipment
• Assess the situation to provide early, appropriate and effective first aid in an emergency
• Primary Survey
• Secondary Survey
• Treatment of the unconscious casualty
• Recovery Position
• Choking
• Safe removal of helmets
• Spinal Injuries
• Head Injuries
• Shock
• Wounds and bleeding (including foreign bodies and eye injuries)
• Crush Injuries
• Treatment of injuries to bones, joints and muscles (strains, sprains and fractures)
• Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Course Outline

Duration: Available from 1 hour to full 6 hour courses (with ongoing assessment). These courses can be altered to suit your needs

Validity: Valid for 3 years

Cost: from £5 per person (discounts offered for full courses)

This training can be altered to fit particular age-ranges or activities (e.g. DofE Awards, Scout and Guide Emergency Aid Awards, School groups, Young Lifeguards, Military Cadets). Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Course Syllabus

Any combination of the following (depending on the level of detail required):

• First Aid for the outdoors
• Priorities of First Aid
• Importance of infection prevention and control
• Reporting incidents
• Use of available equipment
• Assess the situation to provide early, appropriate and effective first aid in an emergency
• Primary Survey
• Secondary Survey
• Treatment of the unconscious casualty
• Recovery Position
• Asthma
• Choking
• Anaphylactic shock
• Epilepsy
• Shock
• Wounds and bleeding (including foreign bodies and eye injuries)
• Minor and severe burns and scalds
• Bone, muscle and joint injuries (strains, sprains and fractures)
• Spinal Injuries
• Stitches and muscle cramps
• Head injuries
• Heart attack
• CPR
• Automated External Defibrillation

Course Outline

Duration: 1 day (6 hours contact time with ongoing assessment)

Validity: Valid for 3 years

Course Syllabus

• First Aid at the roadside
• Priorities of First Aid
• Reporting incidents
• Use of available equipment
• Assess the situation to provide early, appropriate and effective first aid in an emergency
• Primary Survey
• Secondary Survey
• Treatment of the unconscious casualty
• Recovery Position
• Choking
• Safe removal of helmets
• Spinal Injuries
• Head Injuries
• Shock
• Wounds and bleeding (including foreign bodies and eye injuries)
• Crush Injuries
• Minor and severe burns and scalds
• Treatment of injuries to bones, joints and muscles (strains, sprains and fractures)
• Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Course Outline

Duration: 2 days (16 hours contact time with ongoing assessment)

Validity: Valid for 3 years

Cost: £130 per person

Course Syllabus

• Roles and responsiblities of a first aider in an outdoor environment
• Priorities of first aid
• How to minimise risk of infection
• First aid equipment for incidents in an outdoors environment
• Reporting incidents
• Conducting a scene survey
• Primary Survey
• Summoning appropriate assistance
• Differentiating between age ranges for the purpose of first aid treatment
• Recovery position
• Continual monitoring of breathing
• Asthma
• Choking
• Anaphylaxis
• Fainting
• Seizures
• Stroke
• Diabetes
• Shock
• Wounds and bleeding
• Splinters
• Blisters
• Burns and scalds
• Bone, muscle and joint injuries
• Head injuries
• Spinal injuries
• Crush injuries
• Abdominal injuries
• Effects of heat and cold exposure
• How to insulate and shelter casualties
• Chest pain
• Drowning
• CPR and AED for adults and children
• Incidents involving more than one casualty

Additional modules can be covered for your particular setting, including helmet removal, meningitis and dental emergencies as required by Scouting and Guiding for example.

Who is this course for?

Welcome to our HBA Training first aid courses for outdoor activities.

These courses are suitable for anyone undertaking outdoor activities, adventurous journeys or leading groups outdoors including Scout and Guide leaders, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award leaders or participants, military Cadet Forces. The courses provide awareness of a variety of first aid emergencies you may come across in the great outdoors including how to perform a primary survey, what to do if one of your team or party becomes unresponsive, begins to choke, has a seizure, suffers and injury or stops breathing.

This course can delivered in a range of environments to suit your circumstances and can be covered as a 3 or 6 hour course depending on your requirements.

• This course is available as a 3 or 6 hour course, both completed with ongoing assessment
• Certificate upon completion for both options
• Certification valid for 3 years for both options
• Starting at just £35 per person with discounts offered for full courses of 12 persons

What will I learn on a sports first aid course?

When you choose a course with HBA Training, professionalism, relevance, and quality are our utmost priorities.

• During the three hour Outdoor Activity First Aid course, you will cover the following subjects:

Priorities of First Aid, Reporting incidents, Use of available equipment, Assess the situation to provide early, appropriate and effective first aid in an emergency, Primary Survey, Secondary Survey, Treatment of the unconscious casualty, Recovery Position, Choking, Anaphylaxis, Shock, Wounds and bleeding (including foreign bodies and eye injuries), Burns and scalds, Spinal Injuries, Treatment of injuries to bones, joints and muscles (strains, sprains and fractures), Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

• Our six hour course covers the following additional subjects:

Head Injuries, Crush Injuries, Diabetic emergencies, Asthma, Effects of hot and cold, Fainting, Seizures, Bites and stings, Poisoning, Strokes, Chest pain.

• We can also cover the safe removal of helmets as an additional optional unit.

Do please speak to us if you’d like to build a course to specifically meet your requirements.

Course Outline

Duration: 1½ hour session

Validity: Valid for 1 year

Cost: £350 per session (up to 20 attendees)

A short session introducing the core elements of the 2021 Resuscitation Council (UK) guidelines. CPD certificates are provided for all attendees.

Course Syllabus

• Incident management
• Infection prevention and control
• Reporting incidents and actions
• Use of available equipment
• Primary survey
• Unresponsive patient
• Secondary survey
• Choking (adult, child and baby)
• Anaphylaxis awareness
• Use of auto-injector pens
• CPR (all ages)
• Use of an AED

We can also build a course to your requirements and can offer this as a yearly refresher.

Course Outline

Welcome to our HBA Training Basic Life Support course for Primary Dental Care.

This course is suitable for anyone working in the primary dental care environment. It is a short session introducing the core elements of the  Resuscitation Council UK 2021 guidelines. CPD certificates are provided for all attendees.

• This awareness session lasts 2 hours
• Certificate upon completion for both options
• Certification valid for 1 year
• The cost is just £400 per session of up to 20 attendees

Course Syllabus

When you choose a course with HBA Training, professionalism, relevance, and quality are our utmost priorities.

During this two hour session, you will cover the following subjects:

Incident management, Infection prevention and control, Reporting incidents and actions, Use of available equipment, Primary survey, Unresponsive patient, Secondary survey, Choking (adult, child and baby), Anaphylaxis awareness, Use of auto-injector pens, CPR (all ages) including use of a pocket mask or bag-valve mask with supplemental oxygen, Use of an AED.

We can also build a course to suit your requirements and offer this as a yearly refresher.

Course Outline

Duration: ½ day (4 contact hours with ongoing assessment)

Validity: Valid for 3 years

Cost: £65 per person

Course Syllabus

• Potential injuries and ill health
• Employer and employee duties
• Consequences of non-compliance
• Definitions of 'hazard' and 'risk'
• Processes of carrying out a risk assessment
• Principles of the risk control hierachy
• Safe movement principles
• Types of equipment
• Requirements for testing, servicing and examination

Course Outline

Duration: 1 day (6 contact hours with ongoing assessment)

Validity: Valid for 3 years

Cost: £65 per person

Course Syllabus

• Fire health & safety
• Employer's legal duties
• HSE legislation in Fire Safety
• Roles and responsibilities of a Fire Warden
• Cause, effects and cost of fire
• Actions to be taken in the event of fire
• Fire risk management
• Fire and fire fighting
• Fire prevention
• Fire risk control measures
• Use of portable firefighting equipment

Course Outline

Duration: 1 day (6 contact hours with ongoing assessment)

Validity: Valid for 3 years

Cost: £75 per person

Course Syllabus

• Fire health & safety
• Employers' and employees' legal duties
• HSE legislation in Fire Safety
• Roles and responsibilities of a Fire Warden
• Cause, effects and cost of fire
• Hazards and characteristics of fire and smoke
• Means of escape
• Fire detection
• Fire safety inspections
• Fire risk management
• Fire safety briefings
• Extinguishing fires
• Use of portable & fixed firefighting equipment