Level 3 First Response Emergency Care (FREC)

This qualification forms part of the QA Prehospital Care suite of qualifications. The qualification and learning outcomes are based on the recommendations of:

• Resuscitation Council (UK)
• Assessment Principles for Regulated First Aid Qualifications
• The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh – Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care (FPHC)

This qualification is for people who work or hope to work as first response emergency care providers in various job sectors

Is based on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) training standard for delivery of First Aid at Work (FAW) courses for the purposes of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981

Contains learning content that explicitly addresses:

• The Skills for Health Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF) Level 2 Basic Life Support for staff working with adult and paediatric patients
• The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh - Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care – Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) skills framework at Level D

This qualification is for people who are required to hold a regulated and nationally recognised Level 3 prehospital care qualification and for those who intend (or have a specific responsibility at work, or in voluntary and community activities) to provide prehospital emergency care as a Level 3 First Response Emergency Care (FREC®3) provider.

It is ideal for those looking to equip themselves with lifesaving skills to prepare them to be amongst the first to arrive at a scene of an emergency, including first responders such as police officers, firefighters, emergency medical services and search and rescue personnel.

It is also ideal for those providing event medical cover or roles such as First Responders, Door Supervisors, Close Protection Operatives and Security Guards, as well as those working in high-risk environments including the military, power stations, offshore renewable energy, agriculture and manufacturing settings.

FREC®3 providers work in a wide range of workplaces and environments providing prehospital emergency care, having direct contact with service users or others and providing high quality and compassionate care.

Course Outline

Mandatory subject areas covered:

• Adult basic life support

• Child basic life support

• Infant basic life support

• Airway and ventilation skills

• Prehospital emergency trauma care

• Prehospital emergency medical care