FIRST AID SETTING STANDARDS
Life Aid Training, based in the North East, is determind to overhaul first aid training to make the UK a nation of lifesavers.
Even in low risk environments employees can suffer injuries or take ill, so it’s imperative to have a workforce that can and will save lives. In a situation where an employee’s heart stops, for example, there is a 10% reduction in survival for every minute that passes until a defibrillator is engaged. This rescue window can be significantly extended by having first aiders that can provide high-quality CPR on hand, before the emergency services arrive. They could make the difference between life and death.
It’s for this reason that Bob Campbell, Managing Director of Life Aid Training, has set out to educate companies on the importance of providing employees with the best possible first aid training available – and has set a whole new standard of training in the process.
Life Aid Training specialises in providing first aid training courses to employees in the workplace. The majority of its learners gain an impressive 80%+ perfect CPR rating and the company is being recognised by some of the region’s leading businesses for its innovative teaching techniques.
The company takes a bold approach to recruitment by focusing on a trainer’s teaching ability over medical expertise. Bob Campbell explained: “Our job as a company is to facilitate learning – yes the ultimate outcome is to produce individuals that can save lives but we only get to that point through first class teaching methods.
“A medical professional may typically draw on their own experiences in giving first aid and pass that onto the learners; by comparison, a good teacher will concentrate on teaching methods, retention of information and student confidence.”
As part of the recruitment process, the company uses First Aid Awards (FAA) – the UK’s largest Awarding Body for First Aid qualifications. This provides direct contact to all instructors using the awarding body, ensuring that any
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trainers recruited already have the necessary qualifications.
Once trainers are recruited they go through a detailed training programme with Life Aid Training, which is based on learning, barriers to learning, new teaching methods, teaching into long-term memory and group dynamics. The company also concentrates heavily on educational psychology which includes a teaching method called transactional analysis.
Transactional analysis is about encouraging students to take ownership of their learning and develop skills as a habit. It instils confidence in the learners that they can and they will save lives – something which Bob Campbell believes makes Life Aid Training one of the best in the industry.
“Transactional analysis in teaching involves shifting the psychological state of the student,” he said. “It moves away from simply passing over information and instead engages their experiences and thinking processes. As learning progresses it embeds knowledge into the long term memory so that it becomes an instinctive response, providing the student with
confidence. In a life or death situation this is critical. Individuals often feel a great deal of pressure at the prospect of being responsible for someone’s life, confidence is key.”
Once training is complete the instructor is then observed carrying out a first aid course, delivered in the Life Aid way, to ensure that the company’s strict performance criteria are met. Once the company is happy with the level of teaching provided, trainers are then monitored at regular intervals to ensure consistency and development.
Along with this, the company offers one of the best teacher-to-student ratios in the country with a maximum of 8 learners per course in comparison with the usual 12. Life Aid Training also provides a complete written report on each learner’s strengths and weaknesses, providing employers with the evidence and confidence that they have a group of strong and able first aiders in their team.
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