The Level 3 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care (FREC) is a regulated and nationally recognised qualification specifically designed for those seeking a career in the emergency services, ambulance service, the event and security medical sector, or those working in high risk workplaces.
FREC Level 3 may be followed by FREC 4, FREC 5 and 6, providing entry requirements are met, with this progressive suite of pre-hospital care qualifications forming part of a Health & Care Professionals’ approved programme to enable a learner to become a Paramedic.
The FREC suite has been developed by the Awarding Body Qualsafe, and clinically endorsed by the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh’s Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care.
Trauma Resus is an approved Qualsafe Centre to provide the FREC Level 3 qualification.
The aim of the FREC Level 3 is to benefit learners by enabling them to attain the knowledge and practical competencies needed to deal with a range of prehospital emergency situations.
Its purpose is to prepare learners to be able to demonstrate the practical administration of safe, prompt, effective prehospital care in situations which can arise when providing emergency treatment and/or management.
This qualification is intended for people who have a specific responsibility at work, or in voluntary and community activities, to provide prehospital care to patients requiring emergency care/treatment.
The FREC Level 3 qualification comprises 3 mandatory units with a Total Qualification Time of 150 hours.
Learners must complete all assessments/skills tests in the units successfully within the registration period to achieve the qualification. The minimum time to complete this qualification is 3 weeks and the maximum is 20 weeks.
Each credit is equivalent to 10 hours learning time. Learning time consists of guided learning hours (GLH) and self-directed study. GLH are a measure of the contact time a typical Learner will require in direct guidance, from a trainer, to complete their programme of learning successfully
For this qualification, this should be a minimum of 35 hours over 5 days (excluding breaks). Sessions should be a minimum of 2 hours. Learners should be encouraged to do a minimum of 118 hours of self-directed study, which should include additional reading and applied practice.
We can offer assistance for learners who may not have the opportunity to put skills into practice as a first responder during their qualification, including :-
After 3 years the qualification can be revalidated by attending a 3 day requalification course.
The course syllabus includes the following :-
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