Level 3 First Response Emergency Care (FREC3)
Overview:
This Level 3 First Response Emergency Care (FREC) course is intended for people who want to obtain the leading qualification for events coverage, those looking to work or volunteer as a first responder that includes all the full range of first aid skills required by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE).
Police officers, firefighters, and people who provide medical coverage at festivals and events, such as door supervisors, close protection operators, and security guards, as well as those who work in high-risk environments like the military, power plants, agriculture, and manufacturing, are frequently among the first to arrive at a scene.
What you’ll learn:
You will come out of our course with the practical competencies and knowledge needed to deal with a range of pre-hospital care emergency situations including:
- Understanding the role and responsibilities of a first responder
- Assessing an incident
- Life-threatening and non life-threatening illnesses and injuries
- Assessing and managing a patient's airway
- Using an AED
- Administering emergency oxygen
- Assessing and managing trauma patients
- Catastrophic bleeding
- Chest injuries
- Compromised circulation
- Wounds and eye injuries
- Burns and scalds
- Suddden poisoning
- Head, spinal and musculoskeletal injuries
- Breathing difficulties
- Anaphylaxis
- Suspected major illness
- Convulsions
- Effects of environmental exposure
- Adult and child resuscitation (CPR)
How it’s delivered: The course is led by one of our Expert First-Aid Instructors who will use a variety of techniques such as lectures, demonstrations, practicals, and group discussions amongst others, to guide you through the course. The course is delivered in line with the most up-to-date regulations and policies and in English.
Duration: This is a 5-day course.
Assessment:
- 6 x Practical assessments
- 1 x Theory assessment
- 2 x Invigilated anatomy and physiology assessment
Certification: : Upon successful completion of the course students will be presented with a Level 3 qualification First Response Emergency Care certificate.
Prerequisites: None for new course, for requalification a current FREC3 certificate and for RPL course already hold a first responder qualification (such as FPOS or FROS) or have completed equivalent training