What is the EFR course?
Creating confidence to Care – be an asset to your community and become an Emergency First Responder.
Becoming an Emergency First Responder means you will be ready to offer assistance in an emergency situation, whether at your workplace, in a public place or even at home.
The EFR Primary & Secondary Care course prepares you to provide assistance during a medical emergency and will give you the knowledge and teach you the First Aid & CPR skills that can make a difference and help someone in need.
You will gain confidence to handle challenging emergency situations, become a help to others and the EFR Primary & Secondary Care course is an important prerequisite for Rescue Diver and Divemaster training.
The EFR Primary & Secondary Care is open to both scuba divers who have completed PADI diving courses and non-divers.
The EFR courses follow International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) guidelines and protocols and are internationally approved.
Included in EFR Primary & Secondary Care course
- Emergency First Response (EFR) Primary & Secondary Care E-learning manual
- All first aid equipment required
- Small Groups (4:1)
- 1 day schedule
- EFR certification
- Best Vibes!
What will you learn during the EFR course?
- How to recognise medical emergencies and activate EMS
- How to conduct primary assessments on patients using the AB-CABS system
- How to Identify the signs and symptoms of a heart attack, cardiac arrest and strokes
- How to provide first aid and CPR
- The correct techniques of providing CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)
- How to treat and manage serious bleeding, shock and choking
- How to manage a spinal injury
- How to conduct injury and illness assessments
- How to correctly bandage and splint injuries as well as correct immobilization techniques.
- How to use the oxygen system
What First Aid skills will you learn?
The Emergency First Response (EFR) Primary & Secondary Care is divided into two parts; Primary & Secondary care
During the EFR Primary Care (CPR) portion of your course you will learn and master the following skills:
- Scene Assessment
- Barrier Use
- Primary Assessment
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Serious Bleeding Management
- Shock Management
- Spinal Injury Management
- Conscious and Unconscious Choking Management
During the EFR Secondary Care (First Aid) portion of your course you will learn and master the following skills:
- Injury Assessment
- Illness Assessment
- Bandaging
- Splinting for Dislocations and Fractures
EFR Scenario’s in the course
Once you have mastered the Emergency First Response (EFR) Primary & Secondary Care skills you will be required to successful complete four (4) final scenarios
- Demonstrate scene assessment and primary assessment procedures for assisting an unconscious, breathing patient.
- Demonstrate scene assessment, barrier use, primary assessment and one rescue CPR for assisting patient that is unresponsive and not breathing normally.
- Demonstrate primary care skills including bleeding management, shock management and spinal injury management.
- Demonstrate primary care skills by attending to two patients.
What is the EFR course schedule?
The EFR Primary & Secondary Care course has three components:
Knowledge Development, Skill Development & Scenarios
Our standard course schedule is as follows:
- Once we receive your deposit we will issue you with the EFR e-learning
- You will watch the video and complete the EFR e-learning on your mobile phone prior to starting the EFR practical skills
- We meet at 08:00 for Skill Development & Scenarios, finishing around 14:00
- At the very end of the course you will be required to complete and pass a final exam.
Why sign up for EFR First Aid course with Isla Tortuga Divers?
- Isla Tortuga Divers is Koh Tao’s only Spanish speaking PADI awarded dive center on Koh Tao
- We limit our classes size to maximum 4 students per Instructor providing you with a personalized and focused training course.
- The knowledge development portion of the course can be completed using PADI eLearning program. What this means is once you have completed the registration process and paid your deposit you can get started straight away!
- Completing PADI’s e-learning ahead of time means no classroom on your course!
- We are a PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center and as such all our instructors are trained in house by our PADI Course Directors. This allows us to vet every staff member to ensure they are teaching to the very highest standards, providing you with a quality and safe experience ….and of course lots of fun!
Last, but without a doubt the most important reason to complete your EFR course with Isla Tortuga Divers is we guarantee that you will learn to dive with a smile and that you will be left wanting more. Contact us to book your adventure now.
Please Note our AC Rooms & Shared Dormitories are excluded from the prices of the diving courses.
