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PHECC FAR 3 DAY COURSE

first-aid-response-3-day course

Details

Start:
August 16
End:
August 18
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Organizer

First Aid Training
Email
maurice@premierfirstaidtraining.ie

Venue

Sligo
Sligo Ireland + Google Map

Dates:

  • 16/08/2023, 17/08/2023 to 18/08/2023

The aim of this First Aid Responder course is to provide learners with the knowledge and skills to practice as 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 non 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
  • 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.

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