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A non-medical, commercial
organisation allegedly charges £1000/visit
without having the 30 years experience in dispensing practice
of Dr David Roberts (The Complete Dispenser)
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19 May, 2003 First person on scene initiative John Kerr, Edexcel's chief executive, visited Merseyside Ambulance Service to present certificates to the first tranche of volunteers for a new scheme to help treat patients, often in rural areas, which has just been launched. The First Person on Scene (FPOS) initiative, which is accredited by Edexcel through IHCD, sets standards for community responders working with Ambulance Services. The First Person on Scene training teaches members of the public to perform life-saving techniques. Teams of approved volunteers will be trained to a national standard to deal with ailments such as chest pains and heart attacks but will not respond to road traffic accidents, maternity cases or potentially violent incidents. There are two levels of qualification: Community Responder and Co-Responder. The standards in the awards have been established in partnership with the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care, part of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The partnership brings together expertise in emergency care with the skills and experience of one of the UK's major awarding bodies. The FPOS scheme is essentially a series of partnerships. As the awarding body, IHCD accredits other partners to deliver training; such partnerships could include Voluntary Ambulance Societies, Colleges of Further Education and other similar organisations. What matters is that those providing the training meet the recognised standard and relevant clinical training, with the Ambulance Services managing and monitoring the training to the standards set by the Edexcel/IHCD First Person on Scene awards. Centrally set knowledge assessments are a strong feature of the FPOS awards. Following research undertaken by IHCD a national training standard was developed for two levels of qualifications. Both cover airway stabilisation, early defibrillation, basic life support, oxygen therapy and circulatory support: Community Responders - a 'neighbourhood watch' approach, with short training programmes (between six and 16 hours), trained to use a limited range of equipment; all schemes included advisory defibrillation for heart attack victims; and Co - Responders - groups trained to a higher level able to deal with a broader range of conditions. Programmes were typically between 30 and 40 hours, with a broader range of skills and equipment to hand.
22 March, 2003
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