Description
Course Overview
Level 3 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care (RQF) qualification is specifically designed for those seeking a career in the emergency services, ambulance services, the event medical sector or those who work in high-risk workplaces.
Successful candidates will gain the knowledge, skills and competencies needed to be able to deal with a wide range of prehospital care emergencies, such as: managing a patient’s airway; catastrophic bleeding; management of fractures; medical emergencies and many more!
What’s more, this Ofqual regulated qualification is clinically endorsed by The Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care -The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and fulfils the competencies set out in the Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) skills framework at descriptor level D, meaning learners can book this course with total confidence!
What’s Covered?Â
- Â Roles and responsibilities of a first responder
- Â Medical emergencies
- Â Patient assessment
- Â Airway management
- Â Adult, child and infant CPR & AED usage
- Â Emergency oxygen
- Â Traumatic injuries
- Â Catastrophic bleeding
- Â Shock
- Â Poisoning and intoxicating substances
- Â External and internal bleeding
- Â Helmet removal
- Â Cervical collars and pelvic splints
- Â Environmental exposure
- Â Burns and scalds
- Â Minor injuries
- Â Incident reporting
