Cardiac First Response Community – Epinephrine (Adrenaline)
PHECC Responder
Course Summary
Cardiac First Response - Epinephrine
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. For those already holding a valid CFR community Certificate the medications management and administration add on shall take approx 3 hours
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