PHECC Cardiac First Response

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 (community level) is a person trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) who can respond to someone who has suddenly collapsed. A cardiac first responder plays a vital role in keeping a person alive until they can receive expert clinical care. A cardiac first responder may be part of the emergency medical services, a healthcare practitioner or a member of the public who has completed the PHECC approved course within the last two years.

• Chain of Survival
• Being a Responder
• Adult CPR Practice
• Adult Foreign Body Airway Obstruction Practice
• Adult AED Practice
• Cardiac Arrest Scenario
• Child CPR Practice
• Child Foreign Body Airway Obstruction Practice
• Infant CPR Practice
• Infant Foreign Body Airway Obstruction Practice
• Critical Incident Stress Management
• Heart Attack
• Stroke
• Recovery Position
• Clinical Indemnity
• Infection Prevention & Control
• Team Concept
• Handover & Documentation

On course completion learners will be able to:
1. Recognise the signs of a life threatening emergency
2. Respond in an effective, safe and appropriate manner, to a life threatening emergency, utilising basic life support skills.
3. Retrieve and appropriately use, if required, an automated external defibrillator during a cardiac arrest.
4. Report and Record their actions and interventions appropriately and handover to emergency medical services

This Course is Delivered Via:

• Classroom Presentation & Discussion
• DVD & Practical Demonstration

This Course is completed over 4 Hours.

Max Participants for this Course is 8 People.

Award of joint PHECC/recognised institution CFR Community card/certificates to successful course participants by the recognised institution.
Certification is valid for 2 years.

• Participants complete Practical and Theory Assessment.

• Theory assessment is multiple choice questions.

• Participants must achieve a mark of 80% or higher in each element of the assessment.

Unemployed

If you are unemployed and seeking work, you may be eligible for funding from the Department of Social Protection to cover all, or some of the costs of your training. (means depending, you may be entitled to up to €1000).

Candidates who wish to avail of this must make an appointment with a case officer in their local Intreo office, discuss their case & apply for funding. The candidate will receive a funding application form which they must sign & bring/post to us. Upon completion, we will send this back to the case officer who will then review the funding application.

Upon receiving funding approval in the post from the Department of Social Protection, candidates must then call us to reserve a place on our course. We cannot confirm a place on our course until funding approval is gained.

Employed

If employed within the private sector or are a sole trader, there may also be funding assistance available through Skillnet funding. Skillnet may fund a percentage of your training, if eligible. For more details on this, please contact us on 074 91 27786.