Qualsafe First Response Emergency Care (Level 4 RQF)
Course Description
This course is the next step for those who have completed the QA Level 3 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care (RQF). It will provide Learners with a wider scope of practice in Prehospital care emergencies, allowing for greater employment opportunities. It also forms part of a progressive suite of Prehospital care qualifications that lead to the QA Level 6 Diploma in Paramedic Practice (RQF).
The course fulfils the competencies set out in the PHEM skills framework at descriptor level E, this fantastic qualification provides Learners with the knowledge, skills and competencies needed to be able to deal with a wide range of Prehospital care emergencies, such as: major incidents, fracture immobilisation, sick and injured children, mental health problems and more.
Who’s it for?
This qualification is for people who have a specific responsibility at work, or in voluntary and community activities, to provide prehospital care to patients requiring emergency and urgent care/treatment.
It is ideal for those looking to progress their careers within the NHS or private ambulance services as an emergency care assistant, intermediate ambulance practitioner, event medical provider, associate practitioner, healthcare assistant and supports specialist medical roles within the military, police and fire services
What’s involved?
The course comprises one module, with a qualification time of 180 hours. This includes a minimum 39 hours of guided learning.
During the course, learners are required to complete practical assessments and exams. For added reassurance, each learner is assessed throughout the course using a range of practical demonstrations, question and answer sessions, quizzes and engaging activities designed to coach and support you.
To ensure you get the most effective learning experience, learners must be physically able to participate as you will be required to participate in practical scenario based training sessions.
Pre-requisites
You must be at least 18 years old on the first day of training. You must have completed the QA Level 3 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care (RQF) or the Qualsafe First Response Emergency Care (Level 3 RQF) qualification or a QA recognised equivalent and provide continuing professional development (CPD) profile containing evidence of 118hrs study and/or contextualised practice before beginning the course.What’s included?
- Certification fees
What will I learn?
Key learning outcomes are:Unit 1 Patient Assessment And Management
- Be able to assess and manage injury and illness
- Understand the structure and function of the heart including the cardiac conduction system
- Understand pathological changes associated with heart disease
- Know how to use electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring on a patient
- Be able to manage a patient’s airway
- Know how to manage a patient using medical gases
- Be able to administer medical gases in line with current practice
- Understand the function of components of the respiratory system
- Be able to assess and treat thoracic trauma
- Understand the function of the musculoskeletal system
- Understand the key characteristics of the nervous system
- Understand mechanisms of injury and kinetics
- Be able to provide emergency care to traumatically injured patients
- Know how to manage cases of actual or suspected sexual assault
- Know how to provide first response emergency care at a major incident
- Understand the physical and psychosocial development in children
- Know how to provide emergency care to sick and injured children
- Understand how to deal with a patient displaying signs of mental health problems
- Understand how to deal with common respiratory conditions
- Understand the structure and function of the digestive system
- Know how to assess and initially manage sepsis
- Know how to manage childbirth
- Be able to assist a clinician performing clinical interventions
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