Our First Aid for Farmers training course provides you with the skills and confidence to effectively manage first aid accidents and emergencies that could occur during everyday farming activities. Having key first aid skills on a farm not only keeps you safe, but those you work with too.
First Aid for Farmers
About the course
Our First Aid for Farmers training course provides you with the skills and confidence to effectively manage first aid accidents and emergencies that could occur during everyday farming activities. Having key first aid skills on a farm not only keeps you safe, but those you work with too.
There are many injuries that could occur in an agricultural environment. Farm workers tend to work very long hours on a farm, doing very labour-intensive work. This can lead to fatigue and tiredness. If it is hot and dry outside, then it will also be very easy to become dehydrated. If you overwork, then you could collapse, or flare up pre-existing medical conditions.
Farmers may also use chemicals in an agricultural space, which could lead to burns or poisoning if handled incorrectly. Then, there are the tools that farmers work with; very large and heavy machinery that is often incredibly sharp. This can lead to life-threatening cuts, bleeding, and shock. There are also often animals on a farm, that could bite and attack agricultural staff.
Less than 1.5% of the UK’s working population are employed in the agriculture sector yet the sector is responsible for between 15 and 20% of all work place fatalities each year. It is these shocking figures that prompted St John Ambulance Cymru to develop a first aid course specifically for farmers that deals with the most common types of injuries that occur in the agriculture sector.
What does the course cover?
Incident Management
The treatment of lacerations, puncture wounds and amputations
Treating a crushed casualty
Shock
Burns and scalds, including Chemical burns
Hypothermia