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FIRST AIDERS – Continuing Education in First Aid


BLS-AED Training for Businesses

Train your employees in life-saving techniques: recognizing a life-threatening emergency, calling 144, performing CPR, and using a defibrillator. A certified training program, delivered at your location and tailored to your specific risks.

4 hours or 1–2 hours · Groups of 8 · Certificate valid for 2 years · At your location

BLS-AED Training: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on a Training Manikin

In an emergency, you can't just wing it.

The first few minutes are critical. Training your employees helps reduce response times, improve initial care, and stabilize the situation while waiting for professional emergency responders to arrive. Our training programs comply with Swiss standards and are conducted at your workplace, in Geneva, and throughout the canton of Vaud.

BLS-AED Complete

The go-to training program for ensuring you have fully trained in-house first aiders. Essential, practical, and hands-on.

Duration
4 hours
Participants
Groups of 8 people
Location
At your company
Certification
Valid for 2 years
Method
Demonstrations, hands-on exercises, simple scenarios
Equipment
Mannequins, training AEDs, professional educational materials

Skills Taught

  • Ensure Safety and Protect Yourself
  • Recognizing a Life-Threatening Emergency Quickly
  • Effectively alert 144 and provide a clear report
  • Performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
  • How to Use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
  • Managing an Unconscious Person (PLS)
  • Responding to an Airway Obstruction (AO)

Emergencies Addressed

  • Cardiopulmonary arrest
  • Myocardial infarction
  • stroke / TIA
  • Recklessness
  • OVA

BLS-AED Compact

A short, targeted, resuscitation-focused training course: recognizing cardiac arrest, alerting emergency responders immediately, performing chest compressions, and using an AED. Objective: to respond quickly and correctly in the very first minutes.

Duration
1 to 2 hours
Participants
Groups of 8 people
Location
At your company
Certification
Certificate, valid for 2 years
Method
Demonstrations, hands-on exercises, simple scenarios
Equipment
Mannequins, training AEDs, professional educational materials

Skills Taught

  • Provide assistance while ensuring one's own safety
  • Recognizing Cardiac Arrest
  • Call 144
  • Performing CPR
  • Using an AED

Emergencies Addressed

  • Cardiopulmonary arrest
  • Loss of consciousness with normal breathing

The BLS-AED Compact course provides targeted training in the essential steps of CPR. Other life-threatening emergencies are covered in the BLS-AED Comprehensive course.

A field-oriented approach

At FIRST AIDERS, training isn't limited to theory. We take a practical approach, drawing directly from real-world experience and the business world.

Icon: Clear and Accessible Explanations

Clear and accessible explanations

Icon: Repeated actions until mastered

Repeated movements until
mastered

Icons: A Pragmatic Approach

A pragmatic approach, without unnecessary complexity

Icon: Real-world examples from the field

Real-world examples from the field

A first step toward lasting security

BLS-AED training forms the foundation of workplace emergency response. To ensure long-term effectiveness, FIRST AIDERS offers a continuing education program designed to maintain reflexes, strengthen coordination, and prepare teams for more complex situations.

First-Aid Kit in an Industrial Workshop

For which companies?

Any company whose employees need to know how to respond, regardless of its size or line of business. We provide on-site services at your location in Geneva and throughout the canton of Vaud.

  • Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Large Companies
  • Offices, Workshops, and Industrial Facilities
  • Retail, Logistics, and Construction Sites
  • Premises open to the public
  • Medical and Paramedical Sector

Do you need to train your teams?

We'll help you set up a training program tailored to your organization. We'll provide you with a personalized quote within a few days.