Understand the role and responsibilities of a first responder
L3 Award in First Response Emergency Care (FREC3)
About The Course
Level 3
Qualsafe Award in First Response Emergency Care
The FREC3 Qualsafe First Response Emergency Care qualification is for people who have a specific responsibility at work, or in voluntary and community activities, to provide prehospital care to patients requiring emergency care/treatment.
This 5 day course is a nationally recognised prehospital care qualification. It covers the full range of skills required by the HSE for first aid. FREC3 is the entry-level stage of the First Response Emergency Care pathway. FREC3 is ideal for those looking to progress their careers within the emergency services, ambulance services and healthcare settings. It also supports specialist medical roles within law enforcement and security, energy and utilities, construction and military. Find out more about the course here.
Learning Outcomes
Be able to assess an incident
Be able to assess and manage patients with life-threating and nonlife-threatening illness and injuries
Be able to assess a patient’s airway
Be able to manage a patient’s airway
Be able to manage an unresponsive patient who is not breathing normally
Be able to safely use an AED during a resuscitation attempt and how to maintain an AED ready for use
. Be able to administer emergency oxygen
Be able to assess and manage trauma patients
Be able to assess and manage catastrophic bleeding
Be able to assess and manage chest injuries
Be able to assess and manage bleeding
Be able to assess and manage a patient with compromised circulation
Know how to assess and manage wounds and eye injuries
Know how to assess and manage a patient with burns or scalds
Know how to manage a patient with sudden poisoning
Be able to provide emergency care to a patient with head, spinal and musculoskeletal injuries
Know how to identify a patient experiencing breathing difficulties
Know how to manage a patient experiencing breathing difficulties
Know how to manage a patient with anaphylaxis
Know how to assess and manage a patient with suspected major illness
Know how to manage a patient who is actively convulsing
. Understand how to provide emergency care for the effects of environmental exposure
Course Certification
All persons who successfully complete the practical and written test will receive a Qualsafe Level 3 First Response Emergency Care (FREC3) qualification.
The certificate is valid for three years.
Course Price: £POA
Course Duration: 5 days
Course Location: Our purpose-built training facility in Heathfield, Newton Abbot, Devon
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