Level 3 First Response Emergency Care (FREC®) – FREC Level 3
£425.00
No VAT Includes a copy of Ambulance Care Essentials for each student to keep FREC Level 3 is the first Certificate of a suite of qualifications leading to a career in prehospital carer, and is the first step to becoming a paramedic outside of university. We are told that we are the best equipped independent provider of pre hospital education in the UK, and are staffed by experienced front line 999 professionals. If you want a prehospital qualification make sure you are trained by people with experience working on the frontline. The higher levels of FREC will require Paramedic, Nurse or Doctor tutor staff, so make sure you select a centre that can provide tutors at this level, as a core member of their full time staff.
For the best experience of FREC, ideally placed in the centre of the UK with easy access from the M1, M42, M6 and M69, and ACTUAL pre hospital experts, come to HDP.
Weekend Courses
08th, 09th, 10th, 16th & 17th – May 2026
13th, 14th, 15th, 21st & 22nd – November 2026
Courses
01st – 05th December 2025
19th – 23rd January 2026
16th – 20th February 2026
16th – 20th March 2026
20th – 24th April 2026
08th – 12th June 2026
13th – 17th July 2026
17th – 21st August 2026
14th – 18th September 2026
19th – 23rd October 2026
16th – 20th November 2026
07th – 11th December 2026
Please contact for future dates – will run course on request for any groups of 3 or more
Description
Level 3 First Response Emergency Care (FREC®)
Level 3 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care (FREC®).HDP was one of the first centres to provide this course, and therefore have lots of experience delivering this course. The QA Level 3 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care has been designed by experts in emergency care education to provide a comprehensive qualification designed to meet requirements in various employment sectors and environments. Achieving this qualification will enable Learners to seek employment within the healthcare sector and other sectors that require emergency care provision. The aim of the qualification is to enable Learners to attain the knowledge and practical competencies needed to deal with a range of prehospital emergency situations. On completion Learners will have demonstrated the practical administration of safe, prompt, effective prehospital care in situations which can arise when providing emergency treatment and/or management. The QA Level 3 Certificate in First Response Emergency Care qualification also offers Learners greater opportunities to progress onto higher level qualifications within the FREC® emergency care qualifications suite or career progression into other areas of prehospital emergency care, such as ambulance services. For more detail click here to read the full qualspec QA Spec L3 Certificate in FREC foundation
Roles and Responsibilities of Pre Hospital Care Providers:
- Casualty assessment
- Airway management
- FREC provider role
- Universal precautions
- Emergency care equipment Patient/Treatment documentation Consent
Incident assessment and control:
- Dynamic risk assessment
- Initial management of the scene
Casualty assessment:
- Primary Survey <C>ABC
- Levels of consciousness
- Secondary Survey
- ABCDE approach
Catastrophic Bleeding:
- Direct/Indirect Pressure
- Trauma dressing
- Tourniquet use
- Haemostatic agent/dressing
Airway management:
- Airway anatomy
- Airway management methodologies Dynamic Airway assessment
- Head tilt-chin-lift
- Jaw thrust
- Postural drainage
- Altered Airway anatomy management Oro-pharyngeal airway Naso-pharyngeal airway
- Manual suction device
- Choking
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Adult CPR
- Child CPR
- Infant CPR
- CPR adaptions
- Casualty handover
- Automated External Defibrillation
- When resuscitation should not be attempted
Medical Gases:
- Emergency Oxygen
Trauma:
- Universal precautions/Infection control
- Medical Shock
- External bleeding
- Embedded object
- Internal bleeding
- Minor injuries
- Eye injuries
- Burns
- Poisons
Trauma (Muscular-Skeletal):
- Head injuries
- Spinal injuries
- Helmet removal
- Cervical collar
- Pelvic immobilisation Fractures
- Sprains & Strains Dislocations
- Crush injuries
- Manual in line stabilisation
Trauma (thoracic):
- Closed chest injuries
- Open chest injury
- Positional asphyxia
Medical conditions:
- Anaphylaxis
- Adrenaline Auto-injector
- Asthma
- Spacer device with reliever inhaler Hyperventilation
- Heart Attack
- Angina
- Stroke
- Diabetes
- Seizures
- Meningitis
Environmental:
- Hypothermia
- Hyperthermia
- Sun stroke
- Dehydration
- Exhaustion
- Food poisoning
Human body:
- Hypoxia
- Respiratory system
- Circulatory system
Weekend Courses
08th, 09th, 10th, 16th & 17th – May 2026
13th, 14th, 15th, 21st & 22nd – November 2026
Course Dates
01st – 05th December 2025
19th – 23rd January 2026
16th – 20th February 2026
16th – 20th March 2026
20th – 24th April 2026
08th – 12th June 2026
13th – 17th July 2026
17th – 21st August 2026
14th – 18th September 2026
19th – 23rd October 2026
16th – 20th November 2026
07th – 11th December 2026
Please contact for future dates – will run course on request for any groups of 3 or more
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