We are very pleased to announce that we have been successful in obtaining IHCD accreditation through Edexcel, one of the UK’s largest awarding bodies. The IHCD (Institute of Health Care Development) was derived from NHS Ambulance Service course schemes and is now part of Edexcel.

We are now able to deliver a range of First Person On Scene courses and are working with the IHCD with a view to offering more advanced clinical courses in the future.

Our courses are delivered at our Chester and Tarporley training centres on a scheduled basis, but we are also able to come to you.. anywhere in the UK.

The IHCD courses are ideal for security staff, police medics, close protection officers, airline staff and those requring a high level of first aid training.

FPOS Courses are specifically designed for those involved in providing initial emergency care, such as Community Responders, Fire and Police Officers and security staff.

These qualifications are designed to provide learners with simple but effective skills and knowledge to enable them to provide immediate care in the first few minutes of an emergency.

Topics covered include:

• The pre-Hospital Environment (including minimising the risk of infection)
• Patient Assessment
• Respiration and Airway Management
• Basic Life Support and Automated External Defibrillation
• Circulation and Shock
• Trauma Related Emergencies

Qualification Endorsement

The First Person on Scene qualifications are clinically endorsed by the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care (Edinburgh), the leading clinical body for pre-Hospital Care in the UK.  The qualifications are valid for of 3 years and periodic re-training is suggested in order to keep skills up to date.

Qualification Adaption

At Jigsaw Medical Services Ltd in addition to the standard FPOS courses, we have developed a number of courses based around the fundamentals of the FPOS curriculum, with a focus on specific environments – such as Fire & Rescue, Police, Close Protection and airline… find out more here!

Call our training team on 01244 380 699 to discuss your requirements!

Every year we go out to the French ski resort of Val d’Isère to deliver our ‘Piste First Aid Course‘ to the ski instructors, and this year is no exception!

Our piste course was developed by our training team and clinical education team. It is approved by BASI and the International Centre of Excellence.

Two of our full time instructors have just returned from Val’ following their ‘Hard Work!’. We are pleased to say the course went really well and over 35 instructors have now been qualified in ‘Piste First Aid’!

… Its not just first aid at work we can deliver, as you can see we are an international provider and can develop bespoke courses for any environment! Call us today for more information: 01244 380 699

Are you looking for money back from the CITB for your first aid training??

Well look no further! Our courses have been recognised by The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) under the Grant Code Scheme which enables you to claim money back for your first aid course. Our courses range from First Aid at Work, to specialist and defibrillator training.

In addition to our weekly HSE first aid courses at our training centres in Chester & Tarporley, we can deliver training at your site for up to 12 candidates… anywhere in the UK!

For information about or regular workplace courses on offer, and for prices, please visit our website: www.marton.co.uk Or call our training team today on 01244 380 699.

Its a question we are often asked….

How many first aiders are required for a business!?

The HSE rules state that it is dependent on the risk assessment but there are some simple rules of thumb.

In a normal low risk environment such as a shop, office or library:

Employing less than 50 people you need at least one Appointed Person.  An appointed person is a person who is responsible for “taking charge” during a medical emergency.  They are the person that calls the ambulance, records the incident and is in charge during the incident.  However, the HSE strongly recommend that the appointed person has some first aid training – and who wants to go against the HSE?

Employing 50 to 100 people you need at least one First Aider (HSE Emergency First Aid at Work)… And yes that is at least 1 first aider at ALL TIMES. So in actual fact you probably need 5 or so.

Employing over 100 people you need at least one First Aider (HSE EFAW) per 100 employees. Again, that is at least 1 first aider at ALL TIMES. So in actual fact you probably need 5 or so per 100.

In high risk environments such as warehousing, factories etc:

Employing less than 5 people you need at least one Appointed Person.

Employing 5 to 100 people you need at least one first aider (EFAW or FAW) per 50 employees. The HSE don’t stipulate whether you need EFAW or FAW trained first aiders, their helpful advice is dependant on the risk assessment. If you could be faced with more sever injuries (broken bones, embeded objects, burns etc) then you’ll need FAW first aiders.

Employing over 100 people you need at least one first aider (FAW) per 50 employees.

Click here to download Appendix A from the HSE guidelines.

The HSE states that all business’ – even those with less than 5 employees need to ensure adequate first aid provision in the workplace.

First aid training equips candidates with basic life-saving skills which could prove invaluable. Marton Life Support has training centers in Chester & Tarporley (ideal for our North West Customers). We are also able to deliver our full range of courses at your site, working with you to ensure minimal interruption to your workplace.

First Aid Training at Work

At Marton Life Support Ltd we provide weekly first aid at work courses, whereby you come to one of our north west training centres and undertake the necessary training. However, we are flexible to deliver the training at your workplace or ours – at a time to suite you!

Alongside emergency first aid training and first aid at work we also offer defibrillator training which equips the candidates with important life-saving skills. This can be added as a ‘bolt-on’ for as little as £50.00 excluding VAT.

We are able to offer first aid training north west and first aid at work north west…

AED & HSE Courses in North West

Please telephone us on 01244 380 699. or visit www.marton.co.uk

The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) states that:

Jigsaw Medical Services Ltd are providers of first aid courses in Manchester and surrounding areas, we hope you find the first aid training information you are looking for; if not please contact us on 01244 380 699 and we will be happy to help.

First aid is the provision of initial care for a sudden and usually unexpected illness or injury. To be as effective as possible first aid must be simple, safe and quickly provided to a person in need.

We are able to provide First aid training is Manchester, Oldham, Hyde, and Ashton-under-Lyne, but we can run first aid courses in Manchester, Tameside, Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire and many other locations via our network of qualified first aid trainers.

We run public first aid training courses almost every week near Manchester and it is highly advisable that everyone take a basic first aid course at some point in their life, it could save your life, the life of a family member, friend, colleague or even just a stranger. There are also many legal first aid requirements for UK companies to ensure there is adequate first aid cover in a work place, club, social group, or organisation.

Please see our website: www.jigsawmedical.com or call our training centre on 01244 380 699!

Care Homes bring their own challenges to the personnel who work there and the residents who live in them…

We are sensitive to these problems and will structure our instruction to your requirements with our training delivered with your clients in mind.  We regularly bring the courses to our clients’ own workplace thus causing as little disruption as possible, this also makes the course cost effective as no traveling costs are incurred by yourselves.

We also run weekly first aid courses in chester that are HSE approved and suitable for care staff to attend. In addition we also offer defibrillator training and oxygen training every week to enhance your first aid skills, should you have access to this equipment in your place of work.

As a care professional, your staff have a duty of care (and a CQC regulatory requirement) to be proficient in basic first aid and resuscitation. Our first aid courses start at just £35(+vat) so you will not only be meeting the required standard, you will be better off financially!

Call our Chester training centre today on 01244 380 699 for more information or to book your course!