QA (FREC 3) First Response Emergency Care (Level 3 RQF)

Course Dates: Ongoing

Location: UK

Price: €395 incl. VAT

About the Course

L3 First Response Emergency Care – FREUC 3

This course is designed for those interested in a career in the emergency services or work in high-risk jobs. It provides learners with all the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively manage a variety of pre-hospital care emergencies such as: managing a patient’s airway, controlling a catastrophic bleed, managing fractures, and dealing with common medical emergencies.

HART Emergency Medical Services provides a practical aspect to this course delivered by the most experienced and competent medical practitioners by developing a realistic environment for a variety of medical/trauma scenarios that one may encounter while working in a pre-hospital environment to supply the learner with relevant and effective experience when dealing with situations requiring emergency treatment and/or management.

Course duration: 5 days - 35 hour of contact teaching in a blended format of online and face to face learning.

53 hours of total qualification time.

118 hours of self-learning.

To qualify within this course, the 3 mandatory components must be completed, and 53 hours of total qualification time will be required, including 35 hours of contact learning which are done over a 5-day period. Additionally, it is recommended that the student partakes in 118 hours of self-learning for which they will receive guidance from the instructors.

Within this course, the students will cover the following subjects:

Unit 1: First Response Emergency Care

· Patient assessment

· Risk management and assessment

· Airway management

· CPR & AED usage

· Roles and responsibilities of a first responder

· Incident reporting - documentation and consent

· Catastrophic bleeding

· Emergency oxygen

Unit 2: First Response Emergency Care of Trauma

· Infection, prevention, and control procedures

· Head, chest, and spinal injuries

· Helmet removal

· Burns and scalds

· Poisons

· Sprains, strains, dislocations, and fractures

Unit 3: First Response Emergency Care of Medical Conditions

· Anaphylaxis

· Asthma

· Heart attack

· Stroke

· Diabetes

· Seizures

· Environmental exposure - hypothermia and hyperthermia