First Aid Checklist

first aid training with dummy. Businesses in the UK have a legal obligation under the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 to provide adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities, and personnel to care for anyone who gets injured or falls ill at work. This first aid checklist helps you identify what your organisation currently offers and anything that’s missing.

You must still undertake adequate risk assessments across your workplace. The first aid checklist our health and safety experts have put together here helps you identify what you need to provide proper first aid care in case of accidents, injuries, and emergencies.

Use the separate first aid kit contents checklist to ensure you have all the appropriate equipment and materials in every first aid box – and our first aid needs assessment checklist. Otherwise, follow the below first aid checklist to help create effective risk assessments and improve health and safety within your business.

First aid checklist template

Use the below first aid checklist template to ensure first aid provision and training are present in your business. It covers what you should provide in terms of first aid cover, training, and equipment. The information gathered from the checklist can help build effective risk assessments around accidents and incidents.

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Tick off everything you can from this first aid checklist template and put in place actions to address any gaps. Copy and paste the questions if you want and answer them all in as much detail as necessary for a quick overview of first aid facilities in your organisation.

First aid provision

Does first aid provision require improving, such as:

Are first aid provision needs sufficiently low that only an appointed person is required? (tick no if appointed person in place)
Is a trained and certified first aider required? (tick no if already in place)
Does the ratio of first aiders to employees need improving? (average of one first aider to every 50 employees)
Will first aid cover be needed out of hours or for shift work?
Do first aid boxes need contents replacing? (out of date or used up)
Do first aid boxes require more frequent checking for correct contents?
Are more first aid boxes required at strategic positions?
Do first aid boxes require signs to improve identification of their location?
If workers travel off site, do they need to be issued with first aid kits? (tick no if already issued)

First aid training needs

Does the appointed person require training on basic emergency first aid?
Do any first aiders require refresher training? (required every three years)
Are there any specific injuries that the first aider will need training in treating (like chemical burns and/or animal bites)?
Do any remote workers need first aid training (appointed person of first aider)?

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