Cardiac First Response – Epinephrine

Introduction

The Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC), has designed the Cardiac First Response (CFR) and Epinephrine (Adrenaline) standard to offer appropriate training to individuals and groups who wish to avail of certified training in basic life support and the administration of Epinephrine (Adrenaline) for the emergency treatment of adults and children (< 16 years old) with anaphylaxis(anaphylactic shock).

Course Duration

This course’s duration is approximately one day for New CFR Responders.

Course Modules

CFR- Basic Emergency Care
CFR- Access and use of an Automated External Defibrillator
CFR- Safety and Communication
Medication management
Medication Administration

Certification

Award of joint PHECC/RECFIRSTAID Ltd CFR cards/certificates to successful course participants by the recognised institution is mandatory. Certification lapses after two years.

Assessment

Learners will be continually assessed throughout the course on the practical skills acquired on the course.

There is a practical skills formative assessment as per PHECC assessment sheets on this course which includes:

Skills assessment using PHECC’s CFR Community assessment sheet
Scenario based skills assessment – for the named medicinal product

Course Location

17 Eastgate Way,
Little Island,
Cork, Ireland.
T45 X765