EFR Primary & Secondary Care (CPR & First Aid)
The Emergency First Response Primary & Secondary Care course teaches you what to do in the crucial minutes between an emergency happening and the arrival of professional help. You’ll learn adult CPR, how to use an AED, and how to provide first aid for a wide range of illnesses and injuries.
This course is ideal if you want robust, practical first aid skills for home, sport or community activities, whether or not you need a formal workplace qualification.
Who is this course for?
- Sports clubs, coaches and fitness professionals
- Community groups and volunteers
- Parents, carers and individuals who want to be prepared
- People who want a thorough first aid course without the full 3-day FAW
What you’ll learn
Primary Care (CPR)
- Scene assessment and barrier use
- Adult CPR and AED use
- Recovery position
- Choking
- Serious bleeding and shock
Secondary Care (First Aid)
- Injury assessment and bandaging
- Managing sprains, strains and fractures
- First aid for burns, eye injuries and head injuries
- Recognising and managing common medical emergencies (chest pain, stroke, asthma, diabetes, allergic reactions, seizures)
Course format
- Duration: 1 day (6–7 hours)
- Group size: Maximum 6 learners
- Location: Warrior Spirit Martial Arts, Anglesey
- Certification: EFR Primary & Secondary Care certificate (typically valid 2–3 years – check with your organisation’s policy)
Price
- £150 per person on open courses
- £825 for a private course for up to 6 learners
About Emergency First Response (EFR)
Emergency First Response (EFR) is one of the world’s largest CPR, AED and first aid training organisations, with tens of thousands of instructors teaching in more than 180 countries. It is a corporate affiliate of PADI, the world’s leading diver training organisation, and has over four decades of experience in developing high-quality emergency care training materials and curricula.
EFR courses are based on internationally recognised medical guidelines for emergency care and follow the consensus recommendations of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) through bodies such as the European Resuscitation Council and the American Heart Association. Training programmes are updated whenever resuscitation guidelines are revised, so the CPR and first aid skills you learn reflect current, evidence-based best practice.
In the UK, the EFR First Aid at Work (Great Britain) programme is specifically designed to meet the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981, customised to Resuscitation Council UK basic life support protocols and nationally accepted first aid standards. This allows employers to use EFR training as part of their duty to provide “adequate and appropriate” first aid provision in the workplace under HSE guidance.
The skills taught in EFR programmes are the same core, evidence-based resuscitation and first aid techniques that underpin training for healthcare professionals and emergency responders, simplified and practised at a layperson level so that anyone can learn to provide effective help until the emergency services arrive.
