Courses

First Aid Response (FAR) is a PHECC certified course recognised by the Health and Safety Authority as the standard for first aid at work.

It is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide emergency first aid should the need arise.

• Display skills related to the delivery of a first aid response
• Assist in the recovery of people suffering medical emergencies
• Provide adequate cover before emergency services arrive
• Provide first aid in the workplace amongst other environments

This course is perfect for anyone who is required to act as first aider in their place of work, community group or voluntary organisation

There is no minimum age for undertaking the course. However, a course participant should be mature enough to comprehend the knowledge, skills and implications associated with defibrillation.

Course participants must be fit and healthy to complete all practical elements of the course and have a good understanding or written and spoken English (CEFR B1 Minimum).
If you require any learning supports, click HERE

• Patient Assessment
• Incident Procedures
• Cardiac First Response (CFR) Community
• Common Medical Emergencies
• Injury Management & Shock
• Care of an Unconscious Patient
• Burns & Electrical Injury Care
• Hypothermia & Hyperthermia
• Information Management
• Communications
• Well-Being of a First Aid Responder

On completion of this course, participants will be able to display skills related to the delivery of a first aid response.

It is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide emergency first aid should the need arise.

• Display skills related to the delivery of a first aid response
• Assist in the recovery of people suffering medical emergencies
• Provide adequate cover before emergency services arrive
• Provide first aid in the workplace amongst other environments

Course participants must hold an in date PHECC First Aid Response Certificate and be able to produce the certificate for their instructor.

Anyone who is required to act as first aider in their place of work, community group, voluntary organisation and in the homes.

There is no minimum age limit, however a course participant should be mature enough to comprehend the knowledge, skills and implications associated with defibrillation.

Course participants must be fit and healthy to complete all practical elements of the course and have a good understanding or written and spoken English (CEFR B1 Minimum).
If you require any learning supports, click HERE

• Patient Assessment
• Incident Procedures
• Cardiac First Response (CFR) Community
• Common Medical Emergencies
• Injury Management & Shock
• Care of an Unconscious Patient
• Burns & Electrical Injury Care
• Hypothermia & Hyperthermia
• Information Management
• Communications
• Well-Being of a First Aid Responder

This is a short course designed to teach you basic life support skills (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) including the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) so you can respond to someone who has collapsed.

A cardiac first responder plays a critical role in keeping a person alive until the commencement of expert medical care. A cardiac first responder may be part of the emergency medical services, a healthcare practitioner or a member of the public who has undertaken a Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) recognised course within the last 2 years.

This course is also included in the PHECC First Aid Response Course.

• Recognise the signs of a life-threatening emergency
• Respond in an effective, safe and appropriate manner, to a life-threatening emergency, utilising basic life support skills.
• Retrieve and appropriately use, if required, an automated external defibrillator during a cardiac arrest.
• Report and record their actions and interventions appropriately and handover to emergency medical services.

Anyone who is required to act a cardiac first responder in their place of work supporting the designated First Aider, in a community group, voluntary organisation and in their home.

There is no minimum age limit, however a course participant should be mature enough to comprehend the knowledge, skills and implications associated with defibrillation.

Course participants must be fit and healthy to complete all practical elements of the course and have a good understanding or spoken English (CEFR B1 Minimum).
If you require any learning supports, click HERE

• Basic Emergency Care
• Accessing and Use of an Automated External Defibrillator
• Safety and Communication

The Irish Heart Foundation's Heartsaver CPR AED Course is ideal for anyone who wants to learn CPR and how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).

The Heartsaver AED Course takes approximately 3 hours to complete and teaches the basic techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and the relief of choking for adults, children and infants.

The Heartsaver AED course follows a practice-while-watching video format and is led by instructors who will provide feedback and guide you through the lessons and help improve your CPR technique as you practice on a manikin.

• Recognise the signs of a life-threatening emergency
• Respond in an effective, safe and appropriate manner, to a life-threatening emergency, utilising basic life support skills.
• Retrieve and appropriately use, if required, an automated external defibrillator during a cardiac arrest.

Anyone who wants to learn CPR and how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).

There is no minimum age limit, however a course participant should be mature enough to comprehend the knowledge, skills and implications associated with defibrillation.

Course participants must be fit and healthy to complete all practical elements of the course and have a good understanding or spoken English (CEFR B1 Minimum).
If you require any learning supports, click HERE

• Basic Emergency Care
• Accessing and Use of an Automated External Defibrillator
• Safety and Communication

The BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider Course is for medical, para-medical and allied healthcare professionals.

The skills taught include adult and paediatric CPR including two rescuer scenarios, use of bag valve mask and barrier devices, management of foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO), and use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).

The course takes approximately 4 hours to complete and course participants are evaluated by skills testing and a written multiple choice exam.

If you are able to successfully complete both the skills and written exam assessment components of the course you will receive an IHF/AHA BLS Provider course completion card that is valid for 2 years.

The BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider Course is for medical, para-medical and allied healthcare professionals.

Course participants must be fit and healthy to complete all practical elements of the course and have a good understanding or spoken English (CEFR B1 Minimum).
If you require any learning supports, click HERE