Course Duration
A minimum of 35 hours (5 day course)
Certificate Validity
3 years
Course Description
The QA Level 3 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care (RQF) is a regulated and nationally recognised qualification specifically designed for those seeking a career in the emergency services, ambulance service, the event and security medical sector or those who work in high risk workplaces. It is designed for people who have a specific responsibility at work, or in voluntary and community activities, to provide prehospital care to patients requiring emergency care or treatment.
Course Contents
Learners will gain the knowledge, skills and competencies needed to deal with a range of Prehospital care emergencies, such as: managing a patient’s airways, catastrophic bleeding, management of fractures and medical emergencies.
- Adult CPR and AED
- Child cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Airway management
- Respiratory system
- Unconscious patient
- Choking patient
- Circulatory system
- Medical emergencies
- Burn severity
- Assessment and treatment of trauma & catastrophic bleeding
- Management of fractures
- Patient report form
- Secondary survey