Over the 5 day period, learners will gain the knowledge, skills and competencies needed to deal with a range of prehospital care emergencies, such as: managing a patient’s airway, catastrophic bleeding, management of fractures, medical emergencies and more.

This course is endorsed by The Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care – The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and fulfilling the competencies set out in the PHEM skills framework at descriptor level D, this fantastic qualification is perfect for a range of roles in emergency care, such as: Event Medical responder, Emergency Care Support Worker and more.

• Initial patient assessment 
• Physiological observations 
• Anatomy and physiology
• Heart disease
• Electrocardiogram application and monitoring
• Managing a patient’s airway – supraglottic airways
• Medical gases – including dosages and administration
• Thoracic trauma
• Sepsis
• Maternity care
• Respiratory disorders and infections
• Mechanisms of injury and kinetics
• Triage

To be awarded this qualification the Learner must 100% pass of all the assessments carried out.