Course Duration: 35+ minutes
This CPD-certified Basic First Aid at Work course provides an introduction to basic first aid at work.
The course covers responses for various situations that first aiders may encounter, including electric shock, cuts, burns and CPR. This online first aid course is not designed to replace practical first aid training, but provides a crucial review of these procedures for those who have received practical training.
| Course Duration | 35+ minutes |
|---|---|
| Approval body | CPD |
| Format | Fully online |
| Assessment | Multiple choice |
| Certification | Same-day digital certificate |
| Certificate Valid For | 3 years |
This course contains the following sections:
Explores an effective approach for first aid and provides vital knowledge to anyone appointed as a first aider to implement appropriate actions and steps to treat an emergency until professional help arrives at the location.
Walks trainees through resuscitation step by step to ensure the best response should such a situation arise.
Provides users with a review of the best response to a severe electric shock, which includes ensuring one’s own safety before providing treatment.
This section provides users with the steps required for the treatment of burns. It looks at different burn types and best practice.
This section reviews the best practice for the treatment of eye injuries including objects and the splashing of chemicals.
This section reviews best practice for the treatment of minor to severe broken bones, sprains and strains.
This section looks at how best to respond to victims that are bleeding severely such as from a cut or a puncture.
This section provides trainees with an understanding of the steps to take should a patient be choking.
This section looks at how to identify a heart attack and what steps to take should an individual be experiencing cardiac arrest.
The course certificate includes:
A CPD-certified First Aid at Work Course certificate will be available for download and printing instantly upon course completion.
Users must complete an assessment before earning their certificate.
The end-of-course test is:
A score of 80% is required to pass.
Employers must make adequate and appropriate first aid provision under the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981. What this looks like depends on the workplace, the risks involved and the findings of the employer’s first aid needs assessment. Following HSE’s 2024 guidance update, that assessment should now also take account of employees’ mental health, not just physical risks.
This online Basic First Aid at Work training course supports those arrangements by giving frontline staff basic emergency awareness. It helps workers recognise common medical emergencies, call for help quickly and take safe, practical action until a trained first aider or emergency services arrive.
It does not replace the need for appointed persons, suitable first aid equipment or trained first aiders where these are required by the employer’s assessment. Those roles call for the regulated First Aid at Work (FAW) or Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) qualifications, which include hands-on training with practical skills assessed in person — this online course builds awareness alongside them.
Ensure your frontline staff have the basic knowledge to respond to medical emergencies on site. Enrol your teams in this online first aid awareness course and give your organisation the confidence that the right response will be there when it matters.
This course is suitable for anyone who needs a basic awareness of first aid procedures in the workplace. It is designed to help learners understand how to recognise common medical emergencies, call for help and take safe, practical action until a trained first aider or emergency services arrive.
It may also be useful as a refresher for those who have previously completed practical first aid training at work. However, it does not replace the practical training required to become a qualified workplace first aider. HSE strongly recommends that qualified first aiders refresh their skills every year, and this short course is a convenient way to support that annual refresher.
Our online first aid at work course takes around 35+ minutes to complete. It’s an awareness-level course designed to help trainees recognise and understand how to respond to a range of first aid situations they may encounter at work.
Your Basic First Aid at Work training certificate is dated for your training records and can be downloaded as soon as you finish the course. Because first aid skills fade and guidance changes over time, we recommend refreshing your knowledge at least once a year — in line with HSE’s strong recommendation that workplace first aiders complete annual refresher training.
Please note this awareness course is separate from the regulated FAW and EFAW qualifications, which carry their own three-year requalification requirement.
No. This is an awareness-level online course, not a regulated qualification, so completing it does not make you a qualified workplace first aider. To become a designated first aider, you’ll need the regulated First Aid at Work (FAW) or Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) qualification, which includes hands-on training with practical skills assessed in person.
Yes. This course is certified by the CPD Certification Service (Continuing Professional Development).
The course is priced at £25 +VAT for a single trainee. Discounted prices are available if you’re looking to make a volume purchase.
