Description
Course Aim: The aim of this First Aid Certified course is to provide learners with the knowledge and skills to be a First Aid Responder.
Course Overview & Content:
PHECC has designed the First Aid Response (FAR) Standard to offer appropriate training to individuals and groups who require a first aid skill set including cardiac first response. This standard is designed to meet first aid and basic life support (BLS) requirements that a person known as “First Aid Responder” may encounter. The FAR Standard meets the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) requirement for occupational first aid training for the workplace.
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Patient Assessment
- Incident Procedure
- Cardiac First Responder (community)
- Common Medical Emergencies
- Injury Management and Shock
- Care of the Unconscious Patient
- Burns and Electrical Injury Care
- Hypothermia and Hyperthermia
- Information Management
- Communications
- The well-being of the first aid responder
Who should attend?
Anyone who wishes to train and be certified in Emergency First Aid.
Accreditation:
On successful completion of the course candidates will receive a PHECC First Aid Responder certificate.
Certificate Valid for 2 years.
Course Duration: 3 Days – 16th, 17th & 18th November (9.30 – 16.30)
Venue: Oakwood Hotel, Shannon
Cost: €200 for Members / €230 for Non-Members (Cost includes certification, lunch and refreshments)
For more information or to book this course contact cquinn@shannonchamber.ie or call 086 0679838
Training Cancellation Policy: Training courses which are cancelled over 7 days in advance of scheduled training date shall incur no cancellation fee. Training courses which are cancelled within 3 days of scheduled training date shall incur a cancellation fee equal to 50% of the cost. Registrants who give less than 24 hours notice or fail to attend training will be charged 100% of the full fee.
Shannon Chamber Skillnet is co-funded by Skillnet Ireland and member companies. Skillnet Ireland is funded from the National Training Fund through the Department of Education and Skills.
For further information please visit www.skillnetireland.ie