As the renewable energy sector grows, more windfarms are being developed, with turbines located at distances further and further from shore, and civilisation. This means that in medical emergencies, response times are longer, and operators have a greater need for onsite advanced first aid and lifesaving skills.
Our European Remote Immediate Emergency Care Advanced (EURIECA™) is designed specifically for those working in often remote offshore or onshore wind environments, with the aim to reduce preventable pre-hospital deaths. Our advanced first aid training helps individuals to identify and treat life-threatening injuries sustained in these remote areas, and to prepare casualties for rapid evacuation to hospital.
The EURIECA™ course is compliant with the accredited Global Wind Organisation (GWO) Enhanced First Aid (EFA) criteria.
Our certificated GWO EFA course has additional trauma & resuscitation modules bolted on to create the EURIECA™ course, leading to a triple certificated course :-
- GWO Basic First Aid
- GWO Enhanced First Aid (EFA)
- Trauma Resus European Remote Immediate Emergency Care Advanced (EURIECA™).
The GWO governs the basic and enhanced elements of the course, and Trauma Resus provides the clinical governance necessary for the advanced first aid elements, ensuring the course is set to recognisable medical standards outside of the wind industry.
Aim of this course
The Global Wind Organisation (GWO) has recognised the need for improved casualty care and, in October 2018, released version 1 of the GWO Enhanced First Aid (EFA) standard.
Following extensive work with a number of renewable energy organisations and the subsequent development of a list of credible injury scenarios Trauma Resus has identified a number of advanced skills that are required in addition to the GWO EFA syllabus. The EURIECA programme bridges the gap between basic first aid and professional medical help by empowering teams and organisations to deliver the right care, at the right time, with the right equipment every-time.
Key outcomes for students completing the EURIECA™ course are :-
- Able to assess, diagnose and treat life-threatening emergencies
- Able to provide advanced first aid to casualties in remote environments
- Able to prepare casualties for rescue and transfer to the emergency services
- Able to administer analgesia (pain relief) to casualties
Course delivery
The EURIECA course is delivered over 3 days by experts in pre-hospital care and can be delivered anywhere throughout Europe. The course is underpinned with 3 hours of online pre-course E-Learning which enables the face to face element of the training to focus on the practical elements of advanced first aid.
Upon completion of the course, students are awarded GWO basic first aid, GWO enhanced first aid and EURIECA™ certificates. These certificates are valid for two years.
Summary of syllabus
The syllabus includes the following :-
- Kinematics – How to perform a ‘SCENE’ approach and predict injuries based on the forces and motion involved.
- Catastrophic bleeding control – Learn to manage catastrophic external bleeding with the use of advanced pressure dressings, tourniquets, wound packing techniques and haemostatic dressings.
- Airway management – Develop skills in identifying and managing airway obstructions, including the use of suction devices and adjuncts such as oral, nasal and supraglottic airways
- Breathing – Study serious chest injuries and their management, including the titration of Oxygen therapy and the use of chest seals.
- Circulation – Examine how the circulatory system works and how to identify and treat shock
- Disability – Identify and treat head injuries and learn how to prevent secondary brain injuries
- Extremity Trauma – Identify and treat fractures and soft tissue injury using a wide range of splints and slings
- Burns – Understand the different types, severity, and treatment of burns
- Packaging and evacuation – Learn the different ways of packaging casualties for rapid evacuation and choose appropriate extrication and transport equipment for time-critical patients
- Special Circumstances – Discuss adaptations for treatment for victims of drowning or poisoning
- CPR and AEDs – Learn the Resuscitation Council 2015 guidelines and the safest and most effective way to use AEDs
- Analgesia – Understand how to assess a casualty’s pain and then support the administration of both Entonox and Methoxyflurane
