
John's Medical
Because It Matters

John's Medical
Because It Matters

First aid for individuals
Personal first aid skills you can use anywhere - at home, out with family or at the roadside. Learn to stay calm and act quickly in an emergency.

First aid for small groups and workplaces
Training for teams, small businesses, schools and community groups - a capable workforce and the trained first aiders you need to meet your legal duties.
Practical, hands-on first aid training that leaves your people confident and capable, keeps you on the right side of your legal duties, and gives every learner personal skills they can use at work, at home or anywhere else. Taught by qualified and experienced staff, including a serving NHS paramedic. We are a NUCO certified and accredited provider.
Courses we teach
We supply the certificated training your people need. Small groups, so everyone actually gets to practise.
First Aid at Work (FAW) - 3 days
Full workplace first aid qualification. Valid 3 years (2-day requalification available).
What's covered:
• Legal duties, scene assessment and an unresponsive casualty
• CPR, AED, choking, bleeding and shock
• Injuries and medical emergencies (heart attack, stroke, asthma, diabetes, epilepsy)
• Bandaging and practical casualty care
Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) - 1 day
One-day workplace award. Valid 3 years.
What's covered:
• Emergency first aider duties and acting safely
• Unresponsive casualty, CPR and AED awareness
• Choking, shock, seizures, bleeding and minor injuries
• Burns and scalds
Annual Refresher - 3 hours
Half-day top-up HSE strongly recommend each year.
What's covered:
• Responsibilities and any protocol changes
• Primary survey and casualty assessment
• CPR and the chain of survival
• Bleeding, bandaging and infection control
CPR and defibrillator (AED)
About 2 and a half hours (adults) or 3 and a half hours (adults, children and infants).
What's covered:
• What to do in an emergency
• Primary survey and recovery position
• CPR
• Safe use of a defibrillator (AED)
Oxygen administration - 4 hours
For teams that keep oxygen on site.
What's covered:
• When oxygen helps - and when it must not be used
• Safe storage and handling
• Checking equipment
• Giving oxygen with mask or bag-valve-mask
Immediate anaphylaxis treatment
Certificated CPR, AED and anaphylaxis (about 3-4 hours).
What's covered:
• Emergency action, primary survey, CPR and AED
• Recognising anaphylaxis
• Emergency treatment including adrenaline auto-injectors
Anaphylaxis Awareness - 1 hour
Short theory session. Certificate of attendance.
What's covered:
• What anaphylaxis is and common triggers
• Spotting airway, breathing and circulation problems
• Calling 999 early and adrenaline devices
Awareness only - not a regulated first aid qualification.
This is a brief overview of each course.
All training is done in-house at your facility.
Midlands-based; nationwide by arrangement.
Further certificates by arrangement.
Please contact us for further and full details.
First Aid Skills You Can Use Anywhere

Practical, certificated first aid training for individuals, teams, schools and community groups.