Course aim: The aim of this First Aid Responder course is to provide learners with the knowledge and skills to be a First Aid Responder

Course objectives:

At the completion of this First Aid Responder course learners will be able to:

• Deal with life threatening or potentially life threatening conditions in the pre-hospital environment until arrival of emergency medical services.
• Provide First Aid Response for conditions not thought to be life-threatening but are necessary to prevent further harm before the emergency medical services arrive.
• Provide pre-hospital First Aid Response in a wide range of environments including home and recreational settings.
• Display the requisite personal skills including composure, competence and self-confidence while understanding their limitations.
• Recognise and be able to cope with the additional challenges provided by “Special Circumstances” for which additional training must be completed

Course Content

• Patient Assessment
• Incident Procedure
• Common Medical Emergencies
• CPR
• Injury Management
• Care of the unconscious patient
• Burns & Electrical Injury
• Hyopthermia & Hyperthermia
• Information Management
• Communications
• Well being of the First Aid Responder

Course duration: 18 Hours delivered over three days.

Learners will be assessed on five FAR skills including CPR on the final day.

Certification

On successful completion of the course students will receive a PHECC First Aid Responder certificate