Health and Safety regulations require many workplaces to have trained first aiders. First aid training that conforms with the regulations provides first aiders with the knowledge and practical skills required to deal with situations requiring first aid treatment.
A first aid assessment of an individual workplace helps businesses decide what their arrangements should be.
The minimum for any business would be at least one suitable, easily accessible first-aid kit, a designated person to take charge of first-aid arrangements, and clear information given to all employees highlighting details of the first-aid arrangements.
Employers with 10 or more people who are usually employed at the same premises must have an easily accessible a means of recording the details of any accident (for example, electronically or in an Accident Book).
For workplaces assessed as needing more first aid provision, one or more first-aiders must be trained by a first aid training provider that meets the required standard (HSE has produced a guide for employers) in first aid at work, emergency first aid at work, or other appropriate training.
