First Aid Responder (FAR ) Course
The PHECC First Aid Responder (FAR) Training Course is a 3-day course intended for personnel who wish to become certified first aiders in their workplace. Topics covered in the First Aid Responder training course include: responsibilities of a first-aider, patient approach and contacting the emergency services
First Aid Response Certificate – PHECC Accredited
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Workplace First Aid Training Obligations:
The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007: Part 7 – Chapter 2: Regulation 165(1)(b) requires employers to designate at each place of work under the employer’s control the number of occupational first-aiders as is necessary to give first aid training at the place of work concerned.
Who Is This Course Intended For?
Personnel who wish to become certified first aiders in their workplace.
Course Objectives
The First Aid Responder will possess the following general skills.
The ability 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 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.
- recognise and be able to cope with the additional challenges provided by “Special Circumstances” for which additional training must be completed.
Course Programme
- Patient Assessment
• Incident Procedures
• Cardiac First Response (CFR) Community
• Common Medical Emergencies
• Injury Management & Shock
• Care of an Unconscious Patient
• Burns & Electrical Injury Care
• Hypothermia & Hyperthermia
• Information management
• Communications
• Well-Being of a First Aid Response
Special Instructions for This Course: Any special needs / requirements should be identified at time of booking.
Certification: Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) First Aid Responder Certificate which is valid for 2 years.
First Aid Training Course Learning Outcomes
There are competencies that students who achieve the First Aid Response standard are required to demonstrate.
Upon completion of a recognised First Aid Response course the student will be able to:
- Recognise and Assess the causes and effects of sudden illness and/or injury in a pre-hospital environment and call for emergency medical services.
- React to such pre-hospital emergencies
- Respond in a safe, effective, and appropriate manner to such emergencies utilising the First Aid Response skill set and in accordance with PHECC CPGs as part of the pre-hospital continuum of care.
- Record and Report actions and interventions taken while responding to and managing such incidents and during handover to emergency medical services.
- Retain a professional and caring attitude in their performance as First Aid Responders.
