This course is designed for: Carers working in a healthcare or home setting, those planning a career in a healthcare setting who require a formal qualification, and Pre-Nursing Students.

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This course is designed for those with no previous experience of Basic First Aid.

The course aims to develop the students knowledge, skills and attitudes and enhance their ability to respond to and assist at any medical incident. To demonstrate safe treatment of a sick or injured patient as per basic first aid guidelines.

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This course is designed for:

• Carers working with Older People
• Those planning a career in a healthcare setting who require a formal qualification
• Family members caring for relatives in a home setting

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This course is designed for:

• Carers currently employed in a healthcare setting
• Those planning a career in a healthcare setting who require a formal qualification

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This course is designed for:

• Carers working with Older People
• Those planning a career in a healthcare setting who require a formal qualification

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General Aims

The course will provide students with the knowledge and skills to respond to and assist at any medical or trauma incident. Implementing the chain of survival and applying care to the standards set down by the Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council and Irish Heart Foundation.

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General Aims

The course will provide students with the knowledge and skills to respond to and assist at any medical or trauma incident. Implementing the chain of survival and applying care to the standards set down by the Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council and Irish Heart Foundation.

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This course is designed for learner’s to:

• Improve their communication skills in the workplace and in an organisational setting
• Acquire communication skills relevant to vocational and personal development
• Acquire the skills and confidence to convey and interpret meaning, in writing, orally and visually
• Develop a critical awareness of communications messages and media

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This course is aimed at those wishing to up-skill from previous training undertaken and those who wish to pursue a course which covers a greater range of knowledge and skills in more depth than introductory courses. The Emergency First Responder course is the recommended starting point to develop a career in the Pre Hospital Emergency Care field.

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This course is ideal for those who wish to pursue a career in the Emergency Services.  Once the student passes his/her NQEMT (National Qualification in Emergency Medical Technology) at EMT level they will be invited to apply to the examining body PHECC (Pre- Hospital Emergency Care Council) for an EMT license and to be put on the national register.  Once qualified, applications can be made for work within the private sector and also to the HSE for patient transfer positions.

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Who is this course for?

This course is designed to provide the learner with the understanding, knowledge and practical skills required to provide and coordinate first aid in the workplace in compliance with the requirements of the HSA and PHECC.

Course Content:

• Chain of survival (Adults, Infants & Children)
• The four major threats – Heart Attack, Stroke, Cardiac Arrest, Foregin body airway obstruction
• AED -(Automated External defibrillator) use
• Aspirin
• Incident Management
• Cardiac Emergencies
• Patient Assessement
• Injury management and shock
• Care of unconscious patient
• Burns and Electrical injuries
• Poisonings
• Common Medical Emergencies

This course is designed for:

• Those wishing to complete QQI Level 5 Major Awards in Healthcare Support or  Nursing Studies
• Those who require a solid foundation in Occupational Health and Safety
• Those with a responsibility in their workplace for Health and Safety

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This course is designed for:

• Those who wish to work in a number of different care settings including childcare, healthcare and residential care settings
• Those who wish to pursue further studies in related fields

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IAM 1 Week Driving Programme: These courses are helpful for those intending to work on an ambulance. Read the rest of this entry »

The IITD Certificate in Training Delivery & Evaluation programme is specifically designed to enable participants to develop the necessary knowledge, skills and confidence to deliver and evaluate training activities pertinent to those responsible for the training of others in organisations. FETAC Level 6 – Training Delivery and Evaluation Component Award (6N3326) Duration: 5 days Read the rest of this entry »

This course is designed for:

• Professionals working in a healthcare setting
• Those planning a career in a healthcare setting

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Cardiac First Response – Instructor – GALWAY

28th & 29th August 2017

These dates are the didactic Instructor Training portion of the course.
This must be followed with between 3 and 5 days of assisting and
monitored teaching practise in our institution to attain certification, dates will be subject to availability.

Location: Galway
Class Times:  09:30 – 17:00 Daily
Course fee: €600

This fee includes the follow up training of observation and monitoring teaching days plus, if successful, two year instructor certification.

First Aid Response – Instructor- Galway

11th & 12th September 2017

These dates are the didactic (Instructor Training) portion of the course.  This must be followed with between 3 and 5 days of assisting and monitored teaching practice in our institution to attain certification, dates are subject to availability.

Location: Galway
Class Times: 09:30 – 17:00
Course Fees: €600

Transition from OFA to FAR Instructor

17th & 18th August 2017

14th & 15th September 2017

Location: Galway
Class Times: 09:30 – 17:00
Course Fees: €200

2 day course available to current OFA Instructors, this course will provide you with the confidence to deliver the First Aid Response course and ensure that you are teaching the PHECC FAR standard, timetables, lesson plans and slides will be provided to all attendees.  For more information, please contact us on 091 480036.

SPECIAL OFFER

Please contact our office to register for both CFR Instructor and FAR Instructor for a special rate of €995.

The course is designed to develop the student’s knowledge and application of manual handling and patient lifting and enable them upon completion of the course to adopt best practice manual handling techniques while carrying out their duties.

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This course is designed to provide the learner with the knowledge, practical skills and understanding required to provide and coordinate first aid in the workplace in compliance with the requirements of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Regulations 2007 and their associated guide.

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Paediatric First Aid Course Outline

The purpose of this course is to provide a basic level of training to those who have care of young children. First Aid is the immediate treatment given to a casualty before professional help arrives.

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This course is designed for:

• Carers currently employed in a healthcare setting
• Those planning a career in a healthcare setting who require a formal qualification

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Vehicle extrication is the process of removing a person from a vehicle that has been involved in a road traffic collision when conventional means of exit are impossible due to structural damage to the vehicle or unadvisable due to injuries sustained by the person in the vehicle. The extrication of an injured person can involve both ambulance and fire service personnel working together.

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This course is designed for:

• Carers currently employed in a healthcare setting
• Those planning a career in a healthcare setting who require a formal qualification

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