First Responder Annual Refresher Level 3 (VTQ)
Online & Classroom Training Course
This course is designed to refresh the skills annually for those who have completed their FPOS, FROS or other courses and wish to complete an annual refresher to maintain their CPD. Keeping your responder skills up-to-date with verifiable training can be used as RPL to evidence towards your three yearly requalifications of your level 3 or Level 4 responder course.
This course includes the latest CPR and Coronavirus recommendations.
The course is a shorter version of our full blended FPOS course and is available 100% online, 100% classroom or blended where you complete the online course followed by a short practical lesson to practice your skills.
Video Playtime
7 hours and 49 minutes
Video Count
132 videos
Audio
English
Captions
English
Proof of Completion
Certificate
This Course Includes:
- Follows UK & ERC guidelines
- Endorsed by Skills for Care
- 20.0 hrs CPD Certificate
- Evidence Based Training Certificate
- Instant printable wall certificate
- 100% online or add a skill session with a certified instructor
- 24/7 on-demand video
- Access on mobile
- Weekly refresher video
- Expiration reminder
- Student manual - English, Spanish, Polish, Russian and Arabic
Preview the course content:
Section 1
Course Introduction
- Course introduction 2:07
Section 2
Initial Patient Care
- Introduction to Initial Patient Care 0:39
- Consent to help 2:05
- Fears of First Aid 3:02
- and more...
Section 3
The Airway
- Basic airway management 2:27
- The Recovery Position 5:21
- Using Suction Devices 2:18
- and more...
Section 4
Breathing
- Respiration and Breathing 3:08
- Peak Flow 3:39
- Pocket Mask with Oxygen 4:12
- and more...
Section 5
Circulation
- Heart Attack 1:26
- Stable angina 3:02
- Pulse Oximetry 3:32
- and more...
Section 6
Disability
- AVPU 6:03
Section 7
Exposure/Environment
- Hypothermia and its Causes 1:38
- Stages and Symptoms of Hypothermia 2:12
- Treatment of Hypothermia 1:16
- and more...
Section 8
Basic Life Support and Defibrillation
- Adult CPR Introduction 2:17
- Cardiac Arrest and CPR Overview 5:46
- Adult CPR 9:57
- and more...
Section 9
Medical Gasses
- What are Medical Gasses 4:14
- Oxygen 1:09
- When Oxygen is Used 1:43
- and more...
Section 10
Medical Emergencies - Injuries and accidents
- Spinal Injury 2:57
- Spinal Recovery Position 3:10
- Introduction to Spinal Boards 1:31
- and more...
Section 11
Medical Emergencies - Illness
- Illness assessment and SAMPLE 3:56
- Blood Pressure Cuffs 5:50
- Stethoscopes and Auscultation 4:59
- and more...
Section 12
Trauma
- Pelvic Injuries 5:57
- Spinal Injuries 5:36
- SAM Pelvic Sling 6:14
Section 13
Course Summary and your Practical Part
- Course Summary 2:07
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Most people take Instructor training as a requirement for their job or for their personal life. Whether you work in healthcare or another profession or are simply looking for a new qualification, ProTrainings has the course that is suitable for you! Online courses allow you to train at your own pace, in your own time.
Some professionals that may need a Instructor course include:
Occupations that may use this qualification:
- Medics
- Security guards
- Community First Responders
- Workplaces where a higher level of first aid is required
- High-risk workplaces
- First aid instructors
- Fire services
- Ambulance services
- Close protection
- Firearms officers
- Offshore workers
- Wind turbines
- Coastguard
- Anyone needing a more advanced out of hospital care course with no prerequisites
More about this course
This course is designed to refresh the skills annually for those who have completed their FPOS, FROS or other courses and wish to complete an annual refresher to maintain their CPD. Keeping your responder skills up-to-date with verifiable training can be used as RPL to evidence towards your three yearly requalifications of your level 3 or Level 4 responder course.
This course includes the latest CPR and Coronavirus recommendations.
The course is a shorter version of our full blended FPOS course and is available 100% online, 100% classroom or blended where you complete the online course followed by a short practical lesson to practice your skills.
This course comes with 20.0 hours of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 7 hours and 49 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.
The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.
- Student Manual (V8.2) - AED
- Student Manual (V8.3) - Oxygen Provider
- Student Manual (V8.7) - First Aid Plus
- Adult CPR Flowchart
- Adult CPR Flowchart handout/poster
- Catastrophic bleeding and trauma First Aid Guidance From ProTrainings.
- Child CPR Flowchart
- Child CPR Flowchart handout/poster
- Child and Infant CPR Flowchart Handout
- Clean hand techniques leaflet
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) - link to the NHS website
- EpiPen Guide
- EpiPen patient information sheet
- Find out what other courses are available as video online, blended and classroom courses nationally - our course finder
- First Responder (FPOS) Incident Report Form
- FoxSeal Leaflet - chest seal
- Free student first aid program leaflet
- HSE First Aid at Work Regulations
- HeartSine 350 Information Leaflet
- Heartsine 500 AED unit leaflet
- Home Emergency Contact Sheet
- How to register to call EMS by text
- Infant CPR Flowchart
- Infant CPR Flowchart handout/poster
- Jext Product Data Sheets
- Jext patient Information Sheet
- Link to our Concussion ad Brain injury course in association with Headway, a head injury charity
- Link to the HSE website
- NARU - Sample Person Specification: HART operative
- NARU Education Centre - Command Strategic Assessment Tool
- NARU Motorway Incident Guide - Oct 2015
- Nitronox/Entonox User Instructions - Gas rentals are available from ProTrainings, contact us for more information
- Oxygen User Instructions - Gas rentals are available from ProTrainings, contact us for more information
- Oxygen and Analgesic gases from ProTrainings
- Playing a Central Role in the Ambulance Services
- ProTrainings - Using an AED Leaflet
- ProTrainings Defibrillator eGuide
- Proper CPR Hand Placement for Adults Children Infants leaflet
- STAT Tourniquet leaflet - for humans and pets
- Sample Person Specification: HART team leader / supervisor
- Sign up for free Student First Aid - use code SCH-376-61-571
- Student Manual (V7.0) - First Aid - Arabic
- Student Manual (V7.0) - First Aid - Spanish
- Student Manual (V8.3) - Pierwsza Pomoc w Pracy Ksiazka studenta - Polish
- Student Manual (V8.6) - Anatomy and Physiology Human Body
- Student Manual (V8.6) - First Aid - Welsh
- Using the i-gel® supraglottic airway
- Visit the First Aid Show free for first aid and medical videos
- Web link to the Joint Epilepsy Council website - JEC
- Workplace Accident Book
- Workplace Emergency Contact Sheet
- Woundclot - haemostatic gauze for all types of bleeding
- Woundclot leaflet with price list - 2025
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Do I receive a certificate after completing your online training?
Yes, when you complete the online course you will be able to download and print a compliant completion certificate, evidenced-based learning statement to confirm course content and a certified CPD statement. There is no extra charge for the certificate. You can also buy a printed certificate to be posted to you for a small extra fee.
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