The Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) has designed the Cardiac First Response (CFR) and Naloxone standard to offer appropriate training to individuals and groups who wish to avail of certified training in basic life support and the administration of Naloxone (IM and IN) for the emergency treatment of adults with respiratory depression secondary to known or suspected narcotic overdose.
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
Price
€190.00
Course Location
17 Eastgate Way, Little Island, Cork, Ireland. T45 X765