RIDDOR’s over-three-day injury reporting requirement has changed and PowerPoints updated

As of 6 April 2012, RIDDOR’s over-three-day injury reporting requirement has changed. The trigger point has increased from over three days’ to over seven days’ incapacitation (not counting the day on which the accident happened).

Incapacitation means that the worker is absent or is unable to do work that they would reasonably be expected to do as part of their normal work.

Employers and others with responsibilities under RIDDOR must still keep a record of all over-three day-injuries – if the employer has to keep an accident book, then this record will be enough.

You must still keep a record of the accident if the worker has been incapacitated for more than three consecutive days. If you are an employer, who must keep an accident book under the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979, that record can be treated as a record for the purposes of RIDDOR.

The deadline by which the over-seven-day injury must be reported has also increased to fifteen days from the day of the accident.  New leaflet available at http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg453.pdf and the EFAW, FAW, FAWR and Manual Handling PowerPoints have been changed and on the dashboard.

New logos for online courses to add to your sites now match student manual covers

We have changed the logos that you can create from the link/ad generator to bring them in line with the new manual covers for the courses. By adding these links to your sites will enable you to earn from e-learning courses that the links generate.  If you want to expand online sales and need any help please let us know.

Some examples are below and these will automatically change if you have them on your site already.

          

          

New Stroke drug treatments being trailed in the UK form vampire bats

The problem with Stroke care drugs are that they must be administered within 4 hours and where delays happen in diagnosis  this time can pass causing life changing problems for the patient.  Doctors in the UK are trailing a new drug which is inspired by Vampire Bats.

The Vampire bat’s teeth make a hole where they consume blood and to make this easier their saliva contains a powerful agent to stop the blood clotting as the bat has to consume a minimum of half of it’s body weight in blood every night.

The natural agent in the bat’s saliva is called Desmoteplase which 13,000 times more powerful than the current treatments so allowing the treatment to start with 9 hours by destroying fibrin which is the basic material of the blood clot without causing other problems.  The human trials are being expanded as they are proving to be very successful in reducing or stopping brain damage caused by the clot in the brain.

The problem with any drug is making sure that there is time for it to be delivered and this is an important role of the first aider as they need to act FAST to get help without delay so that treatment can start. Currently a very small percentage of Stoke patients actually arrive at hospital within the current period.  This new drug should increase the number of people who can be treated and avoid life changing affects of Stroke.

The drug work very quickly and results can be seen with in 30 minutes. The trials will take 2-3 years to complete over 11 UK hospitals but high hopes are expected that this will change the way we treat strokes.

Learn more about first aid and strokes at www.protrainings.eu or www.procourses.co.uk

First Aid Instructor

Online Care Sector site covering all the Mandatory Courses in one place

We have added a site where care workers can access all the mandatory courses in the care sector in one place at a reduced price.  You can use your discount code to give out or use the link creator to make web links and earn commissions.

To the family of an elderly person, nothing is more important than the care and treatment of their loved one. That is why ProTrainings provides training and service specifically built for the care industry. Our tools allow administrators to focus on their core objective of providing quality care to their residents while ensuring the highest training standards for care takers.

Training doesn’t have to be boring and it absolutely must be quality. ProTrainings makes this happen for each and every student by providing customized, relevant and consistent training courses. Each course is made up of small 2 to 3 minute videos segments, each covering a specific topic. After completing a few segments, a student will be asked questions to ensure they understand the information just covered. Once through the training, the student will be able to take the final test. Once the test is completed with a passing score, the course will be marked as complete.

Certificates can be printed off after each course, and students will have access to the site for 8 months to see new videos and refresh on their skills. Students all receive free weekly video emails to keep skills fresh, a free PDF student manual, and free reminders when requalifying is due. If a practical part is also required, this can be carried out by one of our national approved instructors.

Mandatory Five

These are the most commonly requested training courses for the care industry. Depending on your needs, these courses are available as a bundle or “a la carte.” Company administrators have full control through an interactive company dashboard, and we have many time-saving features like bulk student uploads and options to link in with your computer systems. Contact us is you would like a bespoke course for your company.

CPR/Basic Life Support

This course covers Basic Life Support skills and includes skills for Adult, Child and Infant as well as healthcare variations on infant CPR. The course includes: Safety, precautions, initial assessment, recovery position, CPR, compression only CPR, CPR handover and choking. This is ideal for nurses, care workers or medical professionals needing annual updates to complete professional membership. The course is valid for one year, complies with the latest ERC and UK Resuscitation Council Guidelines and can be done 100% online or classroom based.

Safer Moving and Handling of People

This course is ideal for all workplace requirements, as it includes safer moving and positioning of people as well as manual handling of objects. The course is designed to meet the requirements and recommendations of the HSE Manual Handling Regulations 1992 as well as other relevant regulations and guidelines. It also includes a module on slips, trips and falls.

Food Hygiene

Our Food Hygiene course covers all the basics on food preparation, regulations, precautions and care when preparing food for others. It is designed to meet the requirements of various regulations in food preparation and health and safety. The course covers regulations, preparation, storage, infections, cross contamination, reporting, PPE, date marks, reporting illness and basic first aid in the kitchen.

Health and Safety Awareness

This course is aimed at anyone who requires a course in health and safety awareness. It is designed to meet the Health and Safety regulations and covers regulations, precautions, planning, risk assessing, PPE, individual sectors, what causes accidents, employer/employee responsibilities, RIDDOR, COSHH, first aid, workstation/VDU safety, working at heights, gas safety, occupational health, infection control, electricity, enforcement and the dangers and links in the regulations in fire and manual handling.

Fire Safety

This course is aimed at anyone who requires a course in fire safety. The course is designed to meet and comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. It covers regulations, the fire triangle, evacuation, fire equipment, good housekeeping, the law, training requirements, calling the fire service, fire doors, smoke alarms, risk assessing and precautions.

Find out more at  www.procaretraining.co.uk

 

PTLLS Distance/Blended course

We have a new distance PTLLS course for those who cannot attend a 4 day classroom course.  You are sent the material and you study in your time and then just attend one day in the classroom to complete your microteach and finalise your portfolio’s. This is a more flexible way of gaining this qualification which can open doors for you increasing your range of possible courses to offer with us and access to the funded/further education and some sectors who require it.

If you would like more information please email info@itg-instructor-training.co.uk or call Liz on 01223 911468

New ITG Safer Moving of People Instructor Course Dates Set

The ITG Manual handling Instructor includes the two main manual handling courses, Manual Handling of Objects and Safer Moving of People. This three day program includes plenty of practical work to ensure full understanding in a fun relaxed environment with our experienced instructor trainer. We believe that manual handling training needs to include plenty of practical work in both people and object moving. Whether you are teaching in-house or want to teach Manual Handling and Safer Moving of People as a business you will learn all the skills and be able to deliver an interesting and fun course.

Course Content

• Introduction
• Manual Handling Operation Regulations and associated legislation
• Ergonomic Risk Assessment
• Anatomy of the spine
• Causes of spinal injury from unsafe lifting techniques and postural loading
• Safe manual handling and lifting of loads and people using biomechanics
• The controversial techniques
• Problem solving approach using ergonomics and risk assessment
• Introduction to REBA (Rapid Entire Body Assessment)
• Teaching techniques
• Therapeutic communication
• Balanced decision making and approach, using relevant legislation
• Moving of Objects
• Lifting Aids for objects
• Avoiding Manual Handling of Objects
• Types of equipment available to assist people and the carer
• Precautions of moving people and using lifting aids
• Practical practice with hoist, belts, chairs, frames and other aids
• Many other subjects to ensure complete understanding.
• Summary and assessment.

Course length and Dates

The ITG Safer Moving of People course is 3 days long and we include Moving of Objects Instructor Free with the course.  We include plenty of practical sessions to ensure complete understanding.

• 10th, 11th and 12th August
• 12th, 13th and 14th September
• 3rd, 4th and 5th October
• 31st October, 1st November and 2nd November

Included in the course

Instruction, Student Manual, Instructor Manual, PowerPoints for Moving Objects and People, Certification of Moving Objects and Safer Moving of People, support and the option to certify your courses through ProTrainings advertising your courses for free on www.procourses.co.uk and your students receive free login, Free PDF Student Manual, weekly video email refreshers, reminders. Be able to sell or use our video online training on all subjects and either offer in-house discounts or earn commissions.

If you would like to book please email info@itg-instructor-training.co.uk or call 01223 911468.  Price £475 plus VAT and 50% due on booking and the balance due on or before the course.

More information click here for Safer Moving of People Instructor course