First Aid Worker Refresher - Group A

Ministerial Decree 388/2003 sets out provisions regarding First Aid and introduces a classification of companies to define how First Aid should be organized; it also specifies the content of training courses for First Aid Personnel.

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TARGET AUDIENCE

The course is aimed at First Aid Personnel in Group A Companies:

• Industrial companies or production units (e.g., Seveso II - Thermal Power Plants - Nuclear - Extraction and Mining - Underground - Explosives, Powders, and Ammunition);
• Industrial companies or production units belonging to or associated with INAIL tariff groups with a permanent disability accident index greater than 4;
• Companies or production units in the agricultural sector with more than 5 workers.

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PROGRAM

Reviewing the concepts learned during the initial training course, with particular attention to updates and practical aspects of first aid, such as:

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Acquire practical intervention skills:

• main communication techniques with the National Health Service (NHS) emergency system;
• main first aid techniques for acute cerebral syndromes;
• main first aid techniques for acute respiratory syndrome;
• main cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques;
• main hemorrhage control techniques;
• main techniques for lifting, moving, and transporting an injured person;
• main first aid techniques in case of accidental exposure to chemical and biological agents.

In-depth study of practical intervention skills acquisition:

• first aid techniques for acute cerebral syndromes;
• first aid techniques for acute respiratory syndrome;
• cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques;
• hemorrhage control techniques;
• first aid techniques for lifting, moving, and transporting injured individuals, as well as for accidental exposure to chemical and biological agents.

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At the end of the course, a test will be conducted to assess the knowledge acquired, along with a practical resuscitation exercise on a dedicated mannequin. Successfully passing both assessments will lead to the issuance of a certificate of completion, valid for three years, after which a refresher course will be required.