Course Overview
FREC 3 is made up of three mandatory units of 35hrs not including breaks attended over 5 days. There is an additional recommended 118 hrs of post course learning. This can be achieved by pre-course reading from the course manual and post course Continual Professional Development (CPD). High Peak First Aid will assist you with planning for the self-directed study for the First Response Emergency Care qualification.
Unit 1 First Response Emergency Care
Learning Outcomes.
- Understand the role and responsibilities of a first responder providing emergency care.
- Be able to assess an incident.
- Be able to assess a patient.
- Be able to assess a patient’s airway.
- Be able to manage a patient’s airway. (Oropharyngeal and Nasopharyngeal Airways)
- Be able to manage an unresponsive patient who is not breathing normally.
- Be able to use appropriate equipment during a resuscitation attempt.
- Be able to administer emergency oxygen.
Unit 2 First Response Emergency Care of Trauma
Learning Outcomes.
- Be able to manage catastrophic bleeding. (Use of Haemostats and Tourniquets)
- Be able to manage a patient who is in shock.
- Be able to manage a patient who is bleeding.
- Know how to manage a patient with burns or scald.
- Know how to manage a patient with minor injuries.
- Know how to manage a patient with sudden poisoning.
- Be able to provide emergency care to a patient with head and spinal injuries.
- Be able to provide emergency care to a patient with injuries to bones, muscles and joints.
Unit 3 First Response Emergency Care of Medical Conditions
Learning Outcomes.
- Understand how to identify a patient with breathing difficulties.
- Understand how to manage a patient with breathing difficulties.
- Know how to manage a patient with anaphylaxis.
- Know how to manage a patient with suspected major illness.
- Know how to manage a patient who is in seizure.
- Understand how to provide emergency care for the effects of environmental exposure.
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