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Didn't really know where to post this but I guess as you lot are leaders/teachers and instructors I guess one of you would know.
I heard a rumour the other day that the First Aid cert is going to be made a yearly requirment, instead of lasting 3 years as it currently does.
Does anyone have any concrete infomation on this?
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Ed
That is a first on me .
i would be interested to find out some more if anyone knows.
Den
as far that i know that they now reccomend a one day confidence training not compuslory
though but could be wrong
innocent bystander
17-10-2005, 21:16
That's what we were told. Our training is by Royal Berkshire, and apparently the re-training is yearly, but of a scaled down form....
Keeps everyone on their toes more i suppose ?
I have been told by someone who is a qualified trainer that it is heading that way. It has not been confirmed yet, but it sounds like it will be happening very soon.
I haven't heard that but to be honest would welcome it.
I've held a cert for over 10 years and only used my skills in anger twice in all that time (except when I cut myself whilst whittling of course :rolleyes: ).
All skills should be practiced and it's not an easy one to do realisticly.
There's an idea, how about a BC centric triage exercise at the next big moot?
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Buckshot
18-10-2005, 09:45
I'm actually doing my 3 year refresher course tomorrow and Thursday with St Johns, I'll ask them if they know anything about it...
Cheers
Mark
A 3 year cert will still be valid when the changes come in. All new students will have a cert valid for one year. The course is likely to be shorter and the refresher will be about 4-6 hours yearly. As with everything its unlikley to be cheaper.
The content of the new courses have yet to be decided by the Resus Council.
Cheers for the info :)
Ed
Buckshot
21-10-2005, 08:26
OK, this what SJA said about it.
They believe HSE have made a decision but it has not been made public yet. They are expecting it very soon - having said that, they've been waiting for this for 2 years now... but.
- The current 4 day initial qualification course will change to 3 days.
- There will be an annula 3 hour/ half day refresher course covering cpr, recovery position etc.
- Every 3 years there will be a 2 day refresher/ requalification course similar to the current requalification course.
- There will be at least a years lead in period, so courses can be designed and brochures printed etc.
- Current certificates will be valid for the full 3 years and expire on the date on the certificate.
Hope this helps...
Cheers
Mark
As part of my job I teach healthcare professionals BLS and ALS (Advanced Life Support). Statutory requirement is a yearly update on BLS, which includes the basic algorithm, recovery position, choking etc.
I personally think that a yearly update for "lay" providers is long overdue.
I teach my scouts, cubs AND beavers BLS and first aid every year (not to mention my fellow leaders)