First Response Emergency Care (FREC3)

Level 3 Award in First Response Emergency Care (FREC3)

This Qualsafe Awards Level 3 Award in First Response Emergency Care (RQF), commonly known as FREC3 is a five day course and is a great option if you need to go beyond standard level First Aid.

This 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. It's ideal if you're looking to progress your career within the emergency services, ambulance services, healthcare settings and supports specialist medical roles within the emergency services, security, energy and utilities, construction and the military.

This qualification is at level D on the competency descriptors on The Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh Faculty of Pre-hospital Care (FPHC) Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) framework. This qualification is delivered in line with our Clinical Governance Policy.

Tailored to your needs and environment in Newcastle, across the North East or UK, this FREC3 course meets the needs of:

Police Personnel
Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Emergency Services Personnel
Mountain Rescue, Search and Rescue, Volunteer Life Brigade Personnel
Cabin Crew
Industrial First Aiders
Emergency Personnel
Emergency Responders
First Aiders

What's covered on the course?

In addition to lifesaving skills (CPR, AED, Choking etc.) for adults and children, plus the management of medical emergencies, this course also covers (not exhaustive):

Scene management
Primary and Secondary Surveys
Advanced airway management
Aspiration/suction
Airway adjuncts - oropharyngeal airways (OPAs) and nasopharyngeal airways (NPAs)
Oxygen administration
Pulse oximetry
Catastrophic haemorrhage control
Tourniquets
Specialist trauma dressings such as Israeli and Olaes modular dressings
Managing trauma related injuries
Triage and managing multiple casualties
Head, spinal and pelvic injuries
Hypothermia and Hyperthermia

Course Requirements

Learners must be at least 17 years old on the first day of training. To get the most out of our training it is recommended that learners have sufficient command of the English language in order to understand the assessment and to undertake the recommended assessment methods.

Also, due to the nature of this qualification, learners should be physically capable of undertaking practical assessments in a range of environments.

How are our courses delivered?

All of our courses are hands-on. We’ll show you how to do something – then you’ll have a go. We’ll practice how to deal with whole incidents, from finding someone in need to the point where they’re handed over to the professionals. After all, when someone becomes ill or is injured, you’ll need to manage the whole incident – not just be able to perform a couple of stand alone skills.

This 35 hour FREC3 course is usually completed over 5 days and is carefully designed to create skilful, resourceful and confident Advanced First Aiders capable of effectively handling a variety of emergency scenarios. The course is assessed via practical observations, three multiple choice question papers (75 questions in total) plus one invigilated exam on Anatomy and Physiology, with a pass mark of 75% and 30 minutes to complete. There is plenty of opportunity for scenario based training throughout the course (including in the outdoors), to build and maintain confidence in dealing with a wide variety of emergencies.

This certificate is valid for 3 years and is also suitable for:

Those wishing to go beyond First Aid at Work level
Those wishing to become involved in event cover
Those wishing to become involved in Mountain Rescue or other search and rescue agencies

Our centre policies are available upon request and the qualification specification can be downloaded here:

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PRICES

Group training in house at your premises is £2,995 + VAT for up to 6 people. Spaces on open courses are £495 + VAT.

Prefer to speak to a human?

If you have any questions about this qualification and the information above or would like to make a booking, simply get in touch to discuss your requirements and a member of our team will be more than happy to help.