The QA Level 2 Award in Basic Life Support and Safe Use of an Automated External Defibrillator (QCF) qualification has been designed. This regulated and nationally recognised qualification provides Learners with the opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge in basic life support and Automate
The QA Level 2 Award in Basic Life Support and Safe Use of an Automated External Defibrillator (QCF) qualification has been designed. This regulated and nationally recognised qualification provides Learners with the opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge in basic life support and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) usage in emergency situations.
Intended Audience
The QA Level 2 Award in Basic Life Support and Safe Use of an Automated External Defibrillator (QCF) qualification has been designed for those who have a specific interest or responsibility at work, or in voluntary and community activities to provide BLS when dealing with an emergency situation which may involve using an AED.
Course Overview
Over a half day period, Learners will develop the knowledge and practical competencies needed to deal with a range of first aid situations and safely use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Topics covered include: managing an unresponsive casualty, CPR, using an AED on both adults and children, combining AED use with CPR and more.
We can train you to work on our ambulances, earn a wage from day one of qualifying and mentor you to support people who need your caring skills. No two jobs are the same and the reward is the satisfaction of being part of the chain that gets people to the care that they need.
You could be looking after someone with dementia, driving people to and from short distance hospital appointments around the Kent area, doing patient transfers or supporting poorly people who need to be repatriated back to the UK. You can choose to work on one of our well equipped ambulances or drive a modern hybrid car.
We have work for FREC3, FREC4, ACA, Paramedic, Nurses and Doctors moving people as close as one floor of a care home to the other floor, from Folkestone to St Thomas’s in London or meeting an airplane landing at Gatwick to a care home in Deal.
The longer road jobs could be someone with a broken hip in Malaga needing to go to the Lake District, or end of life journey from Aberdeen to Italy. We publish our shifts and you choose the work we have available or opt to be on-call as standby crew.
A three-hour intensive session, our Basic Life Support (BLS) course trains you to recognise and manage the patient in cardiac arrest and a range of other medical emergencies.
A cardiac arrest can happen at any time and when it does every second matters. Knowing how to use an AED is proven to save lives. This 3-hour course covers how to find, when to use and how to use an AED. Learners will also learn how to perform CPR on an infant/child and adult. We have also included
This 1/2 day course held at our bespoke training venue in Belfast prepares the student for answering the call should a cardiac arrest happen and an AED is available.
Assess the situation and circumstances in order to act safely, promptly and effectively in an emergency.
Paediatric Basic Life Support teaches a core set of lifesaving skills that can be used to save the life of an infant / child during a medical emergency. Solely focusing on the most important practical skills that are required in these situations.
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