EFR Center Has a Face Lift!

Plaskola, a registered EFR Center in Cyprus, has recently undergone renovations.  Take a look in the Gallery to see pictures of the newly refurbished center.

Campaign to teach CPR to School Children

The British Heart Foundation is campaigning for Emergency Life Support skills to be taught to children in schools across the UK.  The ultimate goal is to have these skills included in the national curriculum.  Click Here to learn more about the campaign and to sign the petition.

If your EFR Center sees an opportunity to provide this training to children in schools in your area, or is already providing this training, let us know and we’ll share your story with other EFR instructors and centers.

Children in the UK are also hearing the news of this campaign through the BBC’s CBBC Newsround  Take a look and think about making use of this interview in business opportunities

EFR Distinctive course Opportunity

Is your EFR Center aware of a potential client or market sector that requires a bespoke CPR and first aid training programme?  Well the opportunity for you to fulfill their training needs now exists in the form of the EFR Distinctive course option.  Why not write and submit your own EFR Distinctive Instructor Outline for review and approval?  Once approved you’ll be able to market and teach this bespoke EFR (Distinctive) course.

There are plenty of industries that require environment specific training for employees, such as the aviation industry where CPR and first aid training in confined spaces is needed.  This is just one example of a potential EFR Distinctive Course.  There are many industries and many environment specific training needs.

If this sounds like a business opportunity you might benefit from, why not take a moment to download the EFR Distinctive Speciality Instructor Outline template and EFR Distinctive Speciality Instructor application.  If you have any questions about what to include in your outline, contact the Training Department at training.emea@emergencyfirstresponse.com

First Aid Greece promotes EFR Care for Children on Greek SKAI TV

In January EFR Center First Aid Greece was invited to appear on Greece’s SKAI TV channel in the daily afternoon show “For a Better Life”, to talk about the importance of learning first aid.

EFR Instructor, Fotini Teneketzi, provided a number of  short TV sessions over the week to cover specific areas and skills, the first of which included a demonstration on how to deal with a choking child and infant.

 

Click on the image to view the choking child and infant session

New Center for Rescue Training International

Rescue Training International announces the opening of a new Center based in Nicosia, Cyprus.   The center offers the full suite of EFR courses throughout the island as well as first aid equipment and training support.

First Aid Greece Meets its Latest Challenge…

…by training 25 Greek doctors and nurses in EFR Primary Care with AED.

In late December, First Aid Greece ran a one day course for a large group of doctors and nurses in Athens. Delivering the EFR Primary Care with AED course, they drove home the importance of good quality CPR and AED use in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest.

Theory lectures were delivered on a central stage, breaking down into 5 groups for practical sessions and scenario practice.

“Splitting the students into groups with dedicated instructors for skill practice meant that maximum time could be given to students to develop skills, particularly during the CPR and AED sessions.  IKA doctors in Greece are the equivalent of the NHS in the UK.  To have a public sector business win in Greece is a real breakthrough and we look forward to continuing to raise awareness of the importance of up to date resuscitation skills.”

Fotini Teneketzi, Chief Instructor.

Student feedback was extremely positive with above average exam results reflecting their enthusiasm and interest.

Hands Only CPR

Don’t forget to tell your EFR course participants that if they are unwilling to give rescue breaths, chest compressions alone can make a difference.  Vinnie Jones shows how hard and fast Hands-only CPR to Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees can help save the life of someone who has had a cardiac arrest. The Hollywood hardman is starring in a British Heart Foundation TV advert urging more people to carry out CPR in a medical emergency.

Newcomers in Athens Discover the Importance of First Aid Skills in Greece

On Wednesday 9th November John Collett, of First Aid Greece, delivered an informative and thought-provoking presentation to nearly 100 members of the “Newcomers in Athens” group.

“Newcomers in Athens” is an informal group for women from around the world that offers a support system to new arrivals to Athens.

The “Preparation for Life” presentation focused on the importance of first aid training in Greece to empower lay people with life saving skills and dispel some of the misconceptions of first aid at home.

The presentation included an interactive question and answer session on common first aid myths, an introduction to Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) and the importance of quality Basic Life Support training for all as well as the need for public accessibility of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs).

Demonstrations of choking along with adult, child and infant CPR were followed by audience participation, allowing people to try CPR on a range of CPR mannequins.

12 Hour Care for Children Pack

If your EFR Center is based in the UK, you’re directing your marketing efforts at the childcare industry and working to secure contracts in this market sector, the NEW 12 Hour Care for Children participant pack is now available to support this workplace programme.

In the UK certain workplace environments require an extended Care for Children programme to fulfil workplace regulatory requirements.  If you are tendering for these contracts you’ll benefit from this very competitively priced pack, which includes:  Care for Children Participant Manual, Course Registration Form and 12 Hour Care for Children Wall Certificate.

To place an order for the 12 Hour Care for Children pack (product #60252), please phone your regular Sales Consultant.  For more information on the 12 Hour Care for Children course email info.emea@emergencyfirstresponse.com .  This pack is available in English.

Become a Manual Handling Instructor

Statistics show that the most common form of workplace injury is skeletal, due to poor lifting and handling techniques.  Depending on the working environment, employers often have a duty of care to provide Manual Handling training to their employees.  As an EFR Manual Handling Instructor you’d be in a position to offer this training to your current customers and to start bidding for new contracts.

As this is an EFR Distinctive programme, you may simply download the Manual Handling Instructor Guide and Electronic Lesson guides from the EFR website, along with the application form.  There are no student materials for this programme. Once you’ve been approved as a Manual Handling Instructor you may begin marketing your courses.  Course completion is verified through use of the normal EFR Course Completion Authorisation (CCA) and your participants will receive recognition for this programme in the form of a wall certificate.

For more information about becoming an EFR Manual Handling Instructor contact the Training Department at training.emea@emergencyfirstresponse.com or log onto the EFR Pros site and follow links from Continuing Education/First Aid at Work/Great Britain/Workplace First Aid Instructor Toolbox/Manual Handling Instructor Application and Outline