First Response Emergency Care level 3 Course.

This qualification forms part of the QA Prehospital Care suite of qualifications. The qualification and learning
outcomes are based on the recommendations of:

• Resuscitation Council (UK)
• Assessment Principles for Regulated First Aid Qualifications
• The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh – Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care (FPHC)

This qualification is:

• For people who work or hope to work as first response emergency care providers in various job sectors
• Based on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) training standard for delivery of First Aid at Work (FAW) courses for the purposes of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981

This qualification should give Learners a level of knowledge and skills associated with Level D of the FPHC Prehospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) skills framework to deal with a range of prehospital emergency care situations.

Course syllabus:

• Roles and responsibilities of a first responder. 
• Anatomy and physiology
• Medical emergencies
• Patient assessment
• Airway management
• Adult, child and infant CPR & AED usage
• ROSC procedures
• Emergency Oxygen
• Traumatic injuries
• Catastrophic bleeding
• Shock
• Poisoning and intoxication
• External and internal bleeding
• Helmet removal
• Immobilisation
• Environmental exposure
• Burns and scalds
• Minor injuries
• Incident reporting

Course Length: Over 5 days

Qualification achieved: level 3 FREC certificate.

Cost: £300 per person + VAT.

Click here to download FREC 3 syllabus.

Minimum of 3 and maximum of 6 students for in-house courses.

Offered in conjunction with National Event Medical. Qualsafe No 0908076

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