FPOS First Person on the Scene

Simple, but effective interventions make a big difference to survival outcome and on completion of this course participants will have sufficient knowledge and understanding to enable them to: • provide immediate care and response required in the first few minutes of an emergency
• use their foundation knowledge to work individually or as a team in a variety of emergency situations
• assess the situation and the patient’s condition and provide initial help as listed below o airway stabilisation
o basic life support
o early defibrillation
o oxygenation
o circulatory support Qualification Endorsement The First Person on Scene qualifications are clinically endorsed by the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care (Edinburgh), the leading clinical body for pre-Hospital Care in the UK. The qualifications are valid for of 3 years and periodic re-training is suggested in order to keep skills up to date. Who needs this Qualification? For those involved in providing initial emergency care, such as Community Responders, Fire and Police Officers and security staff we deliver the FPOS qualification at the following levels: • Basic
• Intermediate
• Enhanced What you will gain on completion of the course
There will be a written and practical assessment at the end of the course. Upon successful completion the FPOS certificate will be awarded from IHCD (Edexcel). Cost The FPOS course will take place over 4 days at our dedicated training facilities in Harrow.