Accredited
Training
Courses
Our staff comprises of Medical practitioners, Paramedics, Advanced Paramedics, Emergency Medical Technician Tutors and Risk Management specialists. As a vendor for the HSE SafePath has provided training to Doctors, Dentists and Healthcare professionals for over seven years. Our core objective is to apply our expertise and experience to improve patient outcomes and ultimately save lives.
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Cardiac First Responder Community
Duration: 4-5 hours approx.
This is a short course designed to teach you basic life support skills (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) including the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) so you can respond to someone who has collapsed.
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Learning Outcomes:
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Recognise the signs of a life-threatening emergency.
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Respond in an effective, safe, and appropriate manner, to a life-threatening emergency, utilising basic life support skills.
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Retrieve and appropriately use, if required, an automated external defibrillator during a cardiac arrest.
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Report and Record their actions and interventions appropriately and handover to emergency medical services.
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Cardiac First Responder – Advanced
Duration: One Day
In addition to the competencies taught at CFR Community level, the Advanced level course teaches the airway management: suctioning, use of an oropharyngeal airway (OPA), supraglottic airway (SGA) uncuffed devices, bag valve mask (BVM), pulse checks, roles in team resuscitation and oxygen administration.
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Emergency First Responder
Duration: Five Days
This PHECC accredited 36-hour course is recognised by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council and covers subjects such as emergency childbirth, oropharyngeal airways, O2 administration, vacuum splints, collars, spinal boards, helmet removal, administration of the following medications, Salbutamol, EpiPen Epinephrine, Glycerine Tri Nitrate, Glucose paste and Aspirin. It also teaches all the basic life support skills for victims of stroke; cardiac arrest; heart attack; and choking; and discusses legal issues and first responders.
EFR is a great stand-alone course for persons operating in a first responder role who require more than the more basic First Aid Response certificate, EFR is the national standard of first aid training for Fire Brigades in Ireland. EFR is a good stepping stone for those planning to pursue a career in emergency care as a Fire Fighter or as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or Paramedic.
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First Aid Responder
The 3-day FAR course replaces the former Occupational First Aid (OFA) course. It is recognised by the Health & Safety Authority of Ireland (HSA) as meeting the requirements of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007.
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Unit 1: Patient Assessment
Unit 2: Cardiac First Response – Community
Unit 3: Common Medical Emergencies
Unit 4: Injury Management and Shock
Unit 5: Care of the Unconscious Patient
Unit 6: Burns and Electrical Injury Care
Unit 7: Information Management
Unit 8: Hypothermia and Hyperthermia
Unit 9: The Well-Being of the First Aid Responder
Unit 10: Communications
