Level 3 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care (FREC®) 12th - 16th June 2023

The QA Level 3 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care qualification also offers Delegates greater opportunities to progress onto higher level qualifications within the FREC® emergency care qualifications suite or career progression into other areas of pre-hospital emergency care, such as ambulance services.

This course runs over 5 consecutive days and covers the following:

• Roles and Responsibilities of Pre Hospital Care Providers:
  Casualty assessment
  Airway management
  FREC provider role
  Universal precautions
  Emergency care equipment Patient/Treatment documentation Consent
  Incident assessment and control:
  Dynamic risk assessment
  Initial management of the scene
  Casualty assessment:
  Primary Survey ABC
  Levels of consciousness
  Secondary Survey
  ABCDE approach
  Catastrophic Bleeding:
  Direct/Indirect Pressure
  Trauma dressing
  Tourniquet use
  Haemostatic agent/dressing
  Airway management:
  Airway anatomy
  Airway management methodologies Dynamic Airway assessment
  Head tilt-chin-lift
  Jaw thrust
  Postural drainage
  Altered Airway anatomy management Oro-pharyngeal airway Naso-pharyngeal airway
  Manual suction device
  Choking
  Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
  Adult CPR
  Child CPR
  Infant CPR
  CPR adaptions
  Casualty handover
  Automated External Defibrillation
  When resuscitation should not be attempted
  Medical Gases:
  Emergency Oxygen
  Trauma:
  Universal precautions/Infection control
  Medical Shock
  External bleeding
  Embedded object
  Internal bleeding
  Minor injuries
  Eye injuries
  Burns
  Poisons
  Trauma (Muscular-Skeletal):
  Head injuries
  Spinal injuries
  Helmet removal
  Cervical collar
  Pelvic immobilisation Fractures
  Sprains & Strains Dislocations
  Crush injuries
  Manual in line stabilisation
  Trauma (thoracic):
  Closed chest injuries
  Open chest injury
  Positional asphyxia
  Medical conditions:
  Anaphylaxis
  Adrenaline Auto-injector
  Asthma
  Spacer device with reliever inhaler Hyperventilation
  Heart Attack
  Angina
  Stroke
  Diabetes
  Seizures
  Meningitis
  Environmental:
  Hypothermia
  Hyperthermia
  Sun stroke
  Dehydration
  Exhaustion
  Food poisoning
  Human body:
  Hypoxia
  Respiratory system
  Circulatory system

On successful completion of the course delegates will receive a FREC 3 (First Response Emergency Care) certificate which is valid for 3 years.

This course includes FREE venue parking and refrshments.

The cost of this course is £500.00 + VAT = £600.00 per person. This course is non-refundable or transferable.