Emergency First Response (EFR) Primary and Secondary Care Course 

 Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR)

Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) teaches participants how to respond to life-threatening emergencies. The course focuses on primary care through a combination of knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice to make sure participants have the confidence in their ability to provide care when emergency situations arise. Primary Care (CPR) skills taught in this course:

  1. Scene safety assessment
  2. Universal precautions - communicable disease protection including barrier use 
  3.  Primary assessment 
  4.  Rescue breathing 
  5.  Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) 
  6.  Conscious and unconscious obstructed airway management 
  7.  Serious bleeding management 
  8.  Shock management 
  9.  Spinal injury management

Emergency First Response Secondary Care (First Aid)

Emergency First Response Secondary Care (First Aid) covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life threatening. Participants focus on secondary assessment and first aid through knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice.

Secondary Skills taught in this course:

  1. Injury Assessment
  2. Illness Assessment
  3. Bandaging
  4. Splinting for Dislocations and Fractures

Includes Reference Section on the following topics:

Allergic reactions Electrical injuries Octopus bites
Bruises Eye injuries Poisoning
Burns First aid kit assembly Rescue breathing (adult, child, infant)
Chemical burns Fish spine injury Scrapes
CPR (adult, child, infant) Frostbite  Seizures
Choking (adult and infant) Heat exhaustion Snake bites
Cone shell stings Heatstroke  Spider bites
Coral, jellyfish and hydroid stings Heart attack

 Sprains and strains
Cuts Hypothermia  Stroke
Dental injuries Illness assessment Temperature related injuries
Diabetic problems Illness assessment  Venomous bites and stings
Dislocations and fractures Insect stings  Illness Assessment Record Sheet

Additional (recommended) optional courses:

Care for Children Course Outline

The Emergency First Response (EFR) Care for Children course is an innovative CPR, AED and First Aid training course that teaches participants how to provide emergency care for injured or ill children (ages one to eight) and infants less than one year old. Participants learn about the types of medical emergencies that children face, and how they differ from adult conditions. The curriculum also includes the importance of attending to basic emergency situations with children, the emotional aspects of caring for children, secondary care for children, and preventing common injuries and illnesses in children.

Emergency First Response Care (EFR) for Children course trains the lay rescuer to follow the same priorities of care used by medical professionals. The student masters the priorities and the procedures of patient care for infants and children in a non-stressful learning environment, which reduces the performance anxieties that interfere with learning and enhances confidence when rendering aid in a real medical emergency.

The course includes both primary care (CPR) and secondary care (First Aid) skills. The primary care portion of the course prepares the rescuer to render aid to an infant or child with a life-threatening emergency such as choking or cardiac arrest. Secondary care focuses on developing secondary patient care skills and building the rescuer's confidence to render first aid to an infant or child in need when emergency medical services are either delayed or unavailable. The Care for Children course content is based on guidelines from the Pediatric Working Group of ILCOR.

 

Care for Children Primary Care Course Content:

  • Scene Safety Assessment 
  • Universal Precautions-Communicable Disease Protection & Barrier Use 
  • Primary Assessment 
  • Obstructed Airway Management (child and infant) 
  • Rescue Breathing (child and infant) 
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (child and infant)
  • Automated External Defibrillator (AED) use 
  • Serious Bleeding
  • Shock Management
  • Spinal Injury Management

 Care for Children Secondary Care Course Content:

  • Injury Assessment
  • Bandaging 
  • Illness Assessment

 Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Course

The Emergency First Response Automated External Defibrillation (AED) course builds on the skills learned in the Primary Care (CPR) course to teach the proper AED use. This life saving device can increase a patient's chance of survival from a cardiac arrest by fifty percent. During this course you'll review the basic principles of Primary Care (CPR) and learn how to deploy and use an AED in an emergency situation.

Prices:

Primary (CPR) and Secondary Care ( First Aid) Course                                             £80.00

Primary (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid) Course including Care for Children       £100.00

Automatic External Defebrillation (AED) Course (This Course can be taken with either of the above courses).                                                                                                              £40.00