Level 3 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care (FREC®) 6th - 10th November 2023

The QA Level 3 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care has been designed by experts in emergency care education to provide a comprehensive qualification designed to meet requirements in various employment sectors and environments. Achieving this qualification will enable Delegates to seek employment within the healthcare sector and other sectors that require emergency care provision. The aim of the qualification is to enable Delegates to attain the knowledge and practical competencies needed to deal with a range of pre-hospital emergency situations. On completion Delegates will have demonstrated the practical administration of safe, prompt, effective pre-hospital care in situations which can arise when providing emergency treatment and/or management.

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.

Level 3 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care (FREC®)

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

This course is held at Bramley Sports Paviliion

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.

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