As our background
is mainly within the leisure industry, both in open water activities and
swimming pools, we offer a comprehensive and experienced service within this
field. We can 'tailor make' an Occupational First Aid course for your particular
facility and address your specific needs, including training and certification
in the use of a Defibrillator.
OCCUPATIONAL
FIRST AID courses are provided by our sister company - First Aid @
Work Training Service -to meet the growing demand from within the Leisure,
Sport, Hotel Industries, and Outdoor Activity Centres and Surf Clubs or indeed
all companies or business required, or wishing to meet the mandatory standards
of the Health and Safety Authority in the work place.
All our Trainers and Examiners are certified and
registered with the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) as
Cardiac First Responders. (Upskill 2008)
OCCUPATIONAL FIRST AID
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Staff
Martin McDevitt (A.Inst.SRM)
is a qualified as a Occupational First Aid Trainer
by the
National Ambulance Training School (NATS). He has thirteen years of practical experience within the Leisure
Industry.
David Browne (A.Inst.SRM) has more than eleven years
experience of First Aid, and is qualified as an Occupational First Aid
Trainer and Examiner by the National Ambulance
Training School (NATS). He is also a National Trainer
Assessor for the provision of training and examining in Defibrillation (AED) and
Oxygen therapy.
Jack Britton (A.Inst.SRM) has in excess of twelve years
experience of First Aid both
instructing and assessing, and is qualified as an Occupational First Aid
Trainer and Examiner by the National Ambulance
Training School (NATS).
Occupational
First Aid Courses
Courses
are designed to meet the requirements of any specific facility obliged to
comply with the legal regulations of the
Safety, Health & Welfare at
Work Act 2005
(Dail Eireann) . This includes Industrial, Commercial, College, Sport, Hotel, or Leisure Centres. Courses are also provided to Local Authorities, Private
Groups, Surf Clubs, Outdoor Activity Centres or indeed Individuals.
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Courses may be
organised 'on-site' at your place of work or externally.
All Occupational First
Aid courses include AED
training in accordance with the new standards set out by PHECC
CARDIAC FIRST
RESPONDER
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The CFR Programme is
the Irish National Standard and is
structured to train members
of the public in
Automatic External Defibrillation (AED). Students
learn the most up to date methods of public resuscitation and train in the use of AED
simulators to achieve the best knowledge and maximise experience.
This is a one day
programme and can be arranged for a maximum group of 8 persons in your place of
work, school or at your home etc.,
Contact us for more information.
All
our Instructors are
qualified to teach, deliver and assess the
CFR in compliance with
the standards of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC). (Automatic External Defibrillation AED)
and are approved by PHECC.
NEW INTERNATIONAL AED SIGN
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The International Liaison Committee on
Resuscitation (ILCOR) has unanimous approved the proposal of the ILCOR Task
Force for a universal sign indicating the presence of an Automated External
Defibrillator (AED). The sign is designed in accordance with ISO 7010 for safety
signs and shape. Colours and existing symbols are in accordance with ISO 3864-3.
Its comprehensibility has been tested in accordance with ISO 9186-1, rev. 2007
and proved superior to alternative designs.
The AED sign is intended to indicate the presence of an AED, the localisation of
an AED in a room, a container with an AED for public use or to indicate the
direction to move in order to reach the AED, etc. It should assist in rapidly
identifying the AED in a public place for immediate use in a victim of cardiac
arrest. For this purpose the AED sign can be combined with other existing
symbols like a standard arrow. The AED sign can also be accompanied by the
letters “AED” or equivalents in other language groups. The full text
“defibrillator” or equivalent is not encouraged.
It is ILCOR’s intention that this sign is adopted worldwide by the national
councils that together form each ILCOR member council. The sign should also be
adopted by all AED manufacturers for use with their products and by
manufacturers of signage. Public organisations and governments should encourage
the use of this universal AED sign.
ILCOR hope that this universal AED sign will assist in the awareness of the
existence of AEDs and the rapid deployment of AEDs in the emergency of a cardiac
arrest.
Download
Application Forms for Occupational First Aid Course
You may download
a GROUP Application
Forms for Occupational First Courses on
our 'Documents
Download' page.
If you are interested in the Cardiac First
Responder ONLY then please contact us and we can discuss your particular
needs.
'SAVE
A BABY'S LIFE'
Additional
programmes are aimed at Carers, Childminders, and Crèches
providing training and knowledge in emergency situations involving choking,
drowning or cessation of
breathing in children or babies. Contact us to arrange a
course.
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Spinal Cord Injury
Management (SCIM)
Training
is provided in Spinal Cord Injury Management with the emphasis on aquatic spinal
injury. This includes the application of an approved aquatic spinal board and
recovery from the water. If
you are a swimming pool manager/operator please contact us for details.
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Important Links
Occupational
First Aid Assessment Agent (OFAAA)
www.ofaaa.ie
The
9th. Scientific Congress was held recently in Gwent. Belgium to evaluate the
implementation of the 2005 Guidelines and to forward plan the process leading to
the 2010 Consensus on Science. Our staff colleague David Browne attended
the congress and reported very positive on the future development of
resuscitation and the progressions we can expect in the coming future.
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AURA LEISURE CENTRE Letterkenny
- complete their OCCUPATIONAL FIRST AID COURSE
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We are delighted to say that
the staff of the 'state-of-the-art' AURA Leisure Centre in Letterkenny
were successful in completing their Occupational First Course. They candidates
met the new standards now required by the Health and Safety Authority. This
incorporates the new Pre Hospital Emergency Council (PHECC) standard for a
Cardiac First Responder (CFR) which was introduced on the 1st. September 2008.
The new OFA course now includes training and assessment in the use of a
defibrillator AED. Two new AED units are installed in the leisure centre.
Congratulations to the candidates and
well done AURA LETTERKENNY !!
DONEGAL
ADVENTURE CENTRE BUNDORAN
- complete their OCCUPATIONAL FIRST AID COURSE
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Congratulations to this group
of students from the DAC in Bundoran, Co. Donegal who were successful in their
Occupational First Health examinations. The students are on the
OUTDOOR INSTRUCTOR course and the OFA forms part of the curriculum. Additional
modules include the National Beach Lifeguard Qualification (NBLQ), ISA Surf
Coach, Ropes and Climbing, Kayak and much more! These are the practical awards
and qualifications of the governing bodies in the various disciplines.
Congratulations to the candidates and
well done DAC BUNDORAN !!
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CONGRATULATIONS ARE TWO
FOLD !!
This Four Star*
Hotel of 'excellence' nestling at the foot of the Blue Stack mountains on
the shores of Lough Eske outside Donegal Town has been awarded the
coveted AA 'Hotel of the Year 2007'
In addition, key staff members have
successfully completed an AED course at the Hotel. The location of a
Defibrillator in
Harveys Point Country Hotel demonstrates the ever present high standards and
commitment afforded to both staff and patrons alike.
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RADISSON SAS HOTEL Letterkenny
- set safety standards in the Hotel Industry
Pictured above are some of the staff of the
RADISSON SAS HOTEL in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal that recently successfully
completed their Occupational First Aid Course. The staff represented all
departments in the hotel including reception, bar, restaurant /dining room,
stores and house keeping. Susan McIlveen, Human Resources Manager, pictured in
the back row, second from the left organised the course.
As the hotel has a Defibrillator on-site,
the course also included the Defibrillation Module (AED) and all staff were
trained and assessed to the European Resuscitation Council standards in its use
and deployment.
STUDENTS
complete their FETAC Occupational First Aid Module
A collage of pictures of some of the
students that successfully completed their FETAC Module Occupational First
Aid recently. The students are based at the Donegal Adventure Centre and the
Magh Ene College in Bundoran. The injury make-up was excellently provided by
David Browne and created real scenarios requiring all the First Aid skills of
the students.
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Pictured here are the
successful PLC Group with their Trainer and Examiner.
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RADISSON SAS HOTEL SLIGO
- leading the way in safety and Occupational First Aid in the North West
Pictured above are some of the staff of the
RADISSON SAS HOTEL in SLIGO that recently successfully
completed their Occupational First Aid Course with their Trainer Martin McDevitt. The staff represented all
departments in the Hotel from Front Office to Housekeeping.
Many of the staff in the RADISSON SAS Sligo
had previously been trained in the Defibrillation Module (AED).
It is now planned by management to extend this to the group pictured above. Well
done to the management and staff of RADISSON.
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Staff of ATLANTIC HOUSE
Ballyshannon
Pictured above are staff members with the
trainer and examiner having successfully completed their Occupational First Aid
course.
DONEGAL GOLF
CLUB
Murvagh Donegal Town
Congratulations to the Staff of
Donegal Golf Club
on the completion of the AED course. The
location of a new Laerdal Defibrillator at the Club indicates the
commitment of Donegal G.C. to First Aid.
CARDIAC FIRST RESPONDER
COURSE
OXYGEN THERAPY AND AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
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CARDIAC FIRST RESPONDER ( 1 day)
This course covers
all aspects of the use of Automatic External Defibrillators and covers a number
of the market-leading devices. Course are tailored to the venue and one-to-one
equipment levels are used.Also covers
safety issues, legal considerations and maintenance of AEDs. Course complies
with European Resuscitation Council guidelines. Pre-requisites:
Maximum Course
numbers 8 per course.
Airway Management and Oxygen Therapy
This course
introduces the use of Barrier Resuscitation, airway management and suctioning
using the V-Vac Suction Unit, and resuscitation with supplementary oxygen. The
course also covers the safety issues associated with the use of medical oxygen
gas cylinders.
Maximum Course
numbers 8 per course.
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