Level 3 Award in First Response Emergency Care (FREC 3)

About this course
This nationally recognised, Ofqual-regulated qualification is designed for individuals who are likely to be first on the scene of a medical emergency and require the skills to deliver effective pre-hospital care before professional medical assistance arrives.
Delivered by experienced paramedics through immersive, scenario-based training, the FREC 3 course covers critical areas such as patient assessment, airway management, catastrophic bleeding control, trauma care, and medical emergencies. It provides a significantly higher level of training than standard first aid.
This qualification is particularly suited to those working in sectors such as security, construction, remote environments, and event medical cover. It is also highly relevant for police officers, firefighters, military personnel, and individuals in high-risk industries such as agriculture, manufacturing, and power generation.
- Understand the role and responsibilities of a first responder
- Be able to assess an incident
- Be able to assess and manage patients with life-threating and nonlife-threatening illness and injuries
- Be able to assess/manage a patient’s airway
- Be able to manage an unresponsive patient who is not breathing normally
- Be able to safely use an AED during a resuscitation attempt and how to maintain an AED ready for use
- Be able to administer emergency oxygen
- Be able to assess and manage trauma patients
- Be able to assess and manage catastrophic bleeding
- Be able to assess and manage chest injuries
- Be able to assess and manage bleeding
- Be able to assess and manage a patient with compromised circulation
- Know how to assess and manage wounds and eye injuries
- Know how to assess and manage a patient with burns or scalds
- Know how to manage a patient with sudden poisoning
- Be able to provide emergency care to a patient with head, spinal and musculoskeletal injuries
- Know how to identify/manage a patient experiencing breathing difficulties
- Know how to manage a patient with anaphylaxis
- Know how to assess and manage a patient with suspected major illness
- Know how to manage a patient who is actively convulsing
- Understand how to provide emergency care for the effects of environmental exposure
Theory and Practical
Candidates must be 18 years of age and be able to perform practical tasks at floor level.
Course payments
If booking online please follow instructions, payment can be made using debit or credit card. Should you wish to pay by invoice please contact a member of our team and we will be able to process your booking for you. We require either payment or a purchase order at the time of reservation. We will issue a formal invoice and once payment has been successfully processed, we will issue your joining instructions.
Course materials, accreditation, a complimentary light lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
After booking
Our courses vary so timings will be confirmed in your joining instructions. All candidates are required to arrive 15 minutes prior to the course start to register and provide their photographic identification.
Directions
From M5 junction 30 take the A376, at the first roundabout take the second exit on to the A3052. Continue for approximately 1 mile and Westpoint enterance is on the left hand side (also signed as Devon Drivers Centre).
When entering through the main gates take the first turning on the right signed Red One Ltd Headquarters. Red One is the first red brick building on the right. Please park in the spaces on the right prior to the building.
