Learning First Aid could be the difference between someone dying or living.  

​IT SAVES LIFES

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First Aid Statistics

  • Up to 150,000 people in the UK die each year in situations where first aid could make a difference [1]
  • Every year an estimated 150,000 people in the UK have a stroke. [2]
  •  Only 9% of UK parents are confident and willing to perform first aid on their children [5]

Background

The course is split into a number of sections
  1. Primary Care - This teaches participants how to respond to life-threatening emergencies. 
  2. Secondary Care - This section covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life-threatening. 
  3. Knowledge Reviews
  4. Multi-choice final exam
The Primary and Secondary care sections are undertaken by a combination of classroom teaching with lots and lots of practical practise to allow you the student time to become comfortable with the skill.  We want everyone to walk away from this course with the willingness to apply the skills learnt in the unfortunate event of being faced with a life-threatening emergency

What  Will I Learn?

Primary Care Skills

  • Scene Safety Assessment
  • Universal Precautions
  • Primary Assessment
  • Airway Management
  • Rescue Breathing
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
  • Conscious and Unconscious Obstructed Airway Management
  • Serious Bleeding Management
  • Shock Management
  • Spinal Injury Management
  • Automated External Defibrillation (AED)
  • Emergency Oxygen Use Orientation - optional skill

Secondary Care Skills

  • Injury Assessment
  • Illness Assessment
  • Bandaging
  • Splinting for dislocations and fractures

Certificate

On successful completion of the course an Emergency First Response Primary/Secondary Care with AED certification card valid for two years is issued.

You can also gain a CPD Credit of 6 hours for this course

What Next?

If a Diver then the PADI Rescue Course as the EFR Primary And Secondary course meets the First Aid pre-requisites for this certification

EFR Primary and Secondary Course - Refresh

Every two years you should refresh your certification, which is a practical recap on all of the skills you completed as part of the original course along with any updates that may have been applied or updated to the skills and theory.

References

​[1] http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/about-us/latest-news/news-archive/news-stories-from-2010/april/lack-of-first-aid-costs-lives.aspx
[2] http://www.stroke.org.uk/news/stroke-facts-and-statistics-your-area
[3] http://www.christiantoday.com/article/most.parents.lack.confidence.to.perform.first.aid.on.their.children/24439.htm

EFR Primary and Secondary Course 

£115.00

Last updated: 25th January 2021