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Advanced First Aid Training – RTACC

31st January 2022 @ 9:00 am - 2nd February 2022 @ 5:00 pm | From - £420.00 pp (inc. VAT)

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Course Description

Our Advanced First Aid training course is the RTACC (Rescue Trauma and Casualty Care) course it is a scenario-based course using actors as casualties to enhance the course experience. RTACC is a Level 3 qualification regulated by Qualifications Network UK (QNUK) underpinned with clinical governance from the ATACC Group; however, unlike the FREC 3 and FREC 4 courses is completed in 3 rather than 5 days. The course meets the requirements of the Security Industry Authority for close protection operatives.

RTACC

Emergency First Aid At Work

The course is a mix of lectures (which include graphic videos), with regular practical exercises and simulations using actors as the casualties. The course uses the MARCH system to prioritise treatment, which develops throughout the course.

Who is the course is for?

  • Fire service
  • Airport staff
  • Police
  • Remote workers
  • High-risk workplaces
  • Mountain rescue team members
  • Close protection operatives
  • Event first aid providers

Pre-course requirements

Learners must be at least 18 years old on the first day of the training.

Learners must have an understanding of basic first aid and ideally have attended a one day First Aid Trauma and Casualty Care (FTACC), Level 3 Award in First Aid Trauma and Casualty Care (FTACC Emergency) or the Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work (RQF).

There are no other formal entry requirements, but to benefit from the learning, we advise that Learners have a minimum of Level 1 in literacy or numeracy or equivalent.

Course content

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) requires all organisations to complete a work-based risk assessment to identify the level of hazard associated with their work activity.

It includes the following:

– Safety

– Scene Management

– Enhanced kinematics and mechanism of injury

– Catastrophic bleed management using stepwise approach – Wound Packing, Haemostatics, Tourniquets and Junctional Bleed Management

– Airway assessment with enhanced management – adjuncts & supraglottic devices

– Spinal assessment, management and immobilisation

– Safe and effective Oxygen usage

– Respiratory assessment and management

– Recognition of Thorax trauma and complications

– Abdominal assessment

– Circulatory assessment, management, shock

– Head injury & disability assessment

– Effects of environment and exposure

– Cardiac arrest – pit crew resuscitation

– Paediatric BLS

– Paediatric anatomy, normal physiology & common medical emergencies

– Care of common medical conditions, i.e. stroke, diabetes

– Care of medical emergencies

– Thermal injury with the ability to assess the severity

– Musculoskeletal injury

– Drowning and immersion

– Mass casualty management

– Triage

– Major civilian disasters

– Transfer of the critically ill patient

All candidates receive an in-depth 300+page manual and MARCH prompt / record card

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Details

Start:
31st January 2022 @ 9:00 am
End:
2nd February 2022 @ 5:00 pm
Cost:
£420.00
Event Category:
Website:
www.firstaidacademy.co.uk

Venue

Manchester
St Modwen Road
Manchester, Manchester M32 0ZF United Kingdom
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Phone
08009992716
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