The Government has introduced mandatory basic first aid training in all state-funded secondary schools in England. This training is part of relationships education, relationships, and sex education (RSE), and health education, with the aim being that all pupils will have been taught basic first aid skills by the time they leave secondary school. In countries that already teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), survival rates are more than double those of the UK.
Department for Education guidance says that pupils should know: • Basic treatment for common injuries
• Life-saving skills, including how to administer CPR
• The purpose of defibrillators and when one might be needed.
First Aid Awards (FAA) have developed the FAA Award in Student First Aid with the qualification being available to young people from the age of 11. The qualification covers CPR and the safe use of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator), choking and common injuries such as head injuries, broken bones, sprains/strains, and bleeding control.
Learning first aid skills such as CPR will give young people the confidence to know that they can help someone and potentially save a life.
This qualification is regulated in the UK and awarded by First Aid Awards (FAA).
FAA are an awarding organisation regulated by Ofqual and SQA Accreditation and the qualification sits on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) and the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF).

Topics include:
• What is First Aid.
• Primary Survey.
• The Recovery position.
• Resuscitation and AED.
• Disorders of Respiration.
• Common Injuries.

In line with industry guidance, it is recommended that the learner re sits the course again after 3 years.