First Aid Responder (FAR) Refresher Course
The 2-Day PHECC First Aid Response Refresher course is highly interactive with each theory session being followed by demonstration, practical tasks and assessment of individual skills. The course is intended for personnel who wish to maintain their certification to be occupational first-aiders in their workplace.
We currently don not have any course dates scheduled, please contact us for more details.
Who Is This Course Intended For?
Personnel who wish to maintain the certification to be first aiders in their workplace.
Course Objectives
On completion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Display up-to-date skills related to the delivery of a first aid response
• Be competent with the new developments in First Aid Response.
First Aid Refresher Training Course PHECC Programme
- Incident Management
• Cardiac Emergencies
• Injury Management
• Burns & Electrical Injuries
• Common Medical Emergencies
• AED and CPR for both adult and child
• Care of Unconscious Patient
• Patient Assessment
First Aid Responder (FAR) completed
On completion of this 2-day course, the First Aid Responder Refresher will be equipped with the necessary practical skills, knowledge and confidence to give effective life support, diagnose and treat injuries or illness, and maintain care and comfort of a patient who has become suddenly ill or injured in the workplace or elsewhere until the arrival of emergency medical services. Also included is training in the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and the administration of aspirin for cases of a suspected heart attack.
PHECC are the regulator for emergency medical services (EMS) in Ireland and their role is to protect the public. The Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) is an independent statutory agency with responsibility for standards, education and training in the field of pre-hospital emergency care. PHECC also maintain a statutory register of EMS practitioners.
