23/09/2026
The crew at BARB have just started upgrading our first aid training to ‘Level 3 Emergency Care for First Responder’. This is 40 hours of training to qualify and will be delivered to the whole team over the next few months.
Some of the topics covered -
Understanding the role and responsibilities of first responders
Be able to asses an incident and conduct casualty surveys
Be able to manage an unresponsive casualty
Be able to administer therapeutic oxygen therapy
Understand when to administer nitrous oxide in line with the first responders scope of practice
Understand how to safely handle medical gas cylinders
Be able to recognise and manage a compromised airway
Be able to administer first aid to a casualty with external bleeding
Be able to recognise and manage a casualty who is in shock
Be able to effectively asses a casualty’s condition
Be able to recognise and manage casualty with suspected injuries to bones, muscles and joints
Be able to recognise and manage a casualty with suspected head and spinal injuries
Be able to recognise and manage a casualty with a suspected chest injury
Understand how to administer first aid to a casualty with minor injuries
Understand how sudden poisoning can occur and how to provide first aid to a casualty with sudden poisoning
Be able to recognise and administer first aid to a casualty with a suspected medical emergency or major illness such as spinal injuries, heart attack and anaphylaxis
CPR for Adults, Children and infants
Therapeutic Oxygen therapy
Catastrophic Bleeding
