First Aid
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Feb 2020FAA Level 2 Award in Student First Aid (RQF)
A brand new regulated first aid qualification for students aged 11+ THE ANNOUNCEMENT The Government has announced that health education will become compulsory in all state-funded schools in England from September 2020 and this includes basic first aid training. The new 3-hour Level 2 Award in Student First Aid has been designed for key stage 3 and key stage 4 students (11+ years) and fulfils...
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Sep 2018First Aid for Mental Health Instructor Course
The new First Aid for Mental Health instructor course is now available to book starting in January 2019. This 3-day course will enable you to teach the new Ofqual regulated FAA Awards in First Aid for Mental Health: The course is suitable for anyone with an interest in delivering the new half-day level 1, 1-day level 2 and 2-day level 3 qualifications in First Aid...
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Aug 2018Forestry First Aid (+F) for instructors
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new regulated qualification – FAA Level 3 Award in Forestry First Aid for instructors. This is a 2-hour bolt-on course, which can be run in conjunction with either an EFAW course or an FAW course. In order to teach the course, you need to be a Nuco registered First Aid and Catastrophic Bleeding Control Instructor. You will...
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Apr 2017Training Firefighters in Afghanistan
Congratulations to the group of Firefighters in Afghanistan for achieving their FAA Level 2 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work with Nuco instructor, Richie Mackenzie. The courses were delivered to upskill the local firefighters as part of a rehabilitation programme – well done to all.
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Sep 2016Choosing a competent first aid training organisation
Since 1 October 2013 HSE no longer approves first aid training and qualifications – and no longer approves first aid training organisations. This means that businesses have more flexibility in how they manage their provision of first aid in the workplace. Nuco Training are working on updating all of the resources to meet these protocol changes. As soon as they are available, we will be...
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Oct 20152015 Resuscitation guidelines
The 15th October 2015 was a date of great significance for our industry, as it saw the latest protocol changes from The Resuscitation Council (UK). Nuco Training are working on updating all of the resources to meet these protocol changes. As soon as they are available, we will be notifying instructors with a link to download the latest updates to your teaching resources. Download the...
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Aug 2015Automated External Defibrillators on Aircraft
Resuscitation Council statement … Airlines are required to train cabin crew in first aid and to carry first-aid kits. Since 2004, the Federal Aviation Authority has required all US commercial airlines to carry AEDs on passenger flights that are large enough to have at least one flight attendant and to train cabin crew in their use. The first airline to carry defibrillators was British Caledonian...
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