First Aid Update Course (Blended Learning)
When did you complete your last qualification course? If it was over a year ago, you have likely forgotten key protocols. Therefore, our specialised First Aid Update Course (Blended Learning) offers the perfect skills refresher. This rapid track brings your frontline staff up to speed with current emergency protocols in just a few hours.
HSE Compliance & Annual Skills Updates
The Health & Safety Executive strongly recommends that all trained first aiders undertake annual refresher training. Our targeted First Aid Update Course completely covers this official safety syllabus. Additionally, our expert instructors include advanced life-saving skills based on learner needs. For instance, we cover emergency tourniquet application and automated external defibrillator operation.
This flexible blended framework splits your learning time efficiently. First, you will complete an interactive one-hour online e-learning module. This digital segment allows you to refresh your theoretical knowledge at your own pace. You can study from any computer or mobile device. The online portal lets you log in and out seamlessly without losing your progress.
The online module features short section quizzes to verify your current understanding. After passing the final digital assessment, you can instantly download your completion certificate. Please bring a copy when you attend your practical session. Next, our instructor will lead you through a two-hour face-to-face practical assessment at our training facility.
First Aid Update Course Syllabus
This refresher curriculum focuses purely on core life-saving interventions. The scannable training modules ensure your team handles critical emergencies safely:
- Scene Assessment: Evaluating emergency situations to act safely, promptly, and effectively.
- Unconscious Casualties: Managing unresponsive individuals who are breathing normally using the recovery position.
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Administering effective CPR and defib actions for casualties who are not breathing.
- Injury Management: Treating severe external wounds, controlling major bleeding, and treating medical shock.
- Seizure Support: Recognising convulsion warnings and protecting casualties during active physical seizures.
Assessment, Testing & Passing Criteria
We evaluate candidates through straightforward practical observations and multiple-choice questions. These standard benchmarks ensure your workplace liability remains protected. The grading rules require these explicit targets to pass successfully:
- Online Learning Modules: Candidates enjoy multiple attempts to secure an 80% score to pass the theory profile.
- Classroom Theory Exam: Attendees complete a final multiple-choice paper, requiring a 70% score to pass.
- Practical Observations: Tutors evaluate your hands-on mechanics during floor drills. You must accurately demonstrate floor CPR, requiring a 100% pass mark.
Prerequisites & Candidate Parameters
Attendees must meet basic physical standards to complete their certifications. Specifically, you must be physically capable of demonstrating floor-level procedures. This includes performing continuous CPR on a training manikin. We also recommend that candidates possess a baseline of Level 2 literacy and numeracy skills.
This refresher session suits anyone over 16 years old holding active workplace responsibilities. We welcome younger candidates aged 14 to 16 as well. However, employers should not rely on them as sole responsible first aiders. Public open courses require a minimum of four candidates to run. We limit cohorts to 12 candidates per instructor.
Venues & Private Corporate Training
Scheduled courses take place at our professional centre in Knutsford, Cheshire. You can download your joining instructions directly from your receipt email. If you are unsure about any entry details, please review our comprehensive FAQ page for extra guidance.
We also deliver private group sessions directly at your business premises across the UK. Arranging an on-site block allows our instructors to adapt scenarios to your specific workplace risks. Simply visit our online Corporate & Bespoke Training Quotations page to request a custom price breakdown today.
Group Training & Corporate Enquiries
Do you need to train your team or purchase bulk licences? We provide flexible corporate options across our entire course catalogue to suit your organisation’s schedule and budget.
- Classroom & Blended Courses: Our expert instructors can travel directly to your venue to deliver private group training. Alternatively, we can host your team at our dedicated training centre in Knutsford. This is the most cost-effective route for group compliance.
- Online E-Learning Courses: We offer volume tier discounts for corporate clients purchasing multiple training seats. Our team handles the enrolment setup on our end to get your candidates registered quickly and seamlessly.
To arrange a private group session, discuss international travel logistics, or request a custom price breakdown for bulk e-learning licences, please visit our dedicated Corporate & Bespoke Training Quotations page.
What Happens After You Book?
We make the onboarding process completely frictionless. This allows you or your team to focus entirely on your training:
- Instant Email Confirmation: The moment you complete your booking, our system automatically delivers your order confirmation and receipt straight to your inbox.
- For Online & Blended Learning Elements: Following your order confirmation, our team will validate your booking and issue your unique access keys. We release these digital platform login details as quickly as possible during normal working hours. Once received, you can log in on any device and study entirely at your own pace.
- For Classroom & Practical Sessions: Most face-to-face courses begin promptly at 09:00am. We recommend arriving 15 minutes early to settle in. Please check your specific course description page for exact daytime run timings.
- All-Inclusive Transparent Pricing: The price you see covers your registration fees, official course textbooks (where applicable), examination materials, and final certificate processing. We never charge hidden additions.
Please visit our comprehensive Joining Instructions page to review specific venue directions, local parking options, and clothing recommendations for practical modules.
Get Notified of Upcoming Course Schedules
Course availability depends entirely on your chosen delivery method:
- Online E-Learning Courses: You do not need to choose a date. Following checkout, our team will validate your booking and issue your access keys as quickly as possible during working hours. You can then begin learning immediately.
- Classroom & Blended Courses: We regularly release new open-course dates throughout the month across our training centres. To view currently active schedules, simply scroll back to the top of this page and click the green “Choose an option” dropdown menu.
If our published diary dates do not match your setting’s availability, don’t worry. Drop your details into the contact form below. Our team will automatically notify you the moment our next block of course schedules goes live.
Why Choose Chris Garland Training?
Chris Garland Training is a multi-award-winning, ethical training provider. We operate on the principle of Honest Stewardship. We do not treat safety compliance as a corporate checkbox exercise. Instead, we view it as a vital investment in protecting human lives.
Accreditation & Authority
- Established Quality: We deliver expert safety training with a consistent 5-star rating from thousands of corporate and private clients.
- Certified Excellence: Our courses carry full backing and certification from Chris Garland Training alongside Ofqual Regulated Awarding Organisations. They meet all Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and Ofsted standards.
- Expert Instructors: Professionally qualified instructors deliver every session. They hold enhanced DBS certificates and undergo rigorous quality assurance monitoring.
Environmentally & Socially Responsible
Your booking actively advances global sustainability and supports critical humanitarian networks through our certified eco-partnerships:
- Global Reforestation: Every course place you book funds native tree planting across heavily deforested areas with JUST ONE Tree.
- Charity Support: We proudly co-fund the life-saving aviation networks of the North West Air Ambulance Charity.
- Ocean Cleanup: Your training helps purchase beach clean kits through our active association with Surfers Against Sewage.
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