The Website of Vale First Responders - VFR is a Community First Responder group
In association with East Midlands Ambulance Service
Covering The Vale of Belvoir - North Leicestershire and South Nottinghamshire
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Vale First Responders is a charity registered in England and Wales number 1115596 - to see our registration details, click HERE
How we train
EMAS are responsible for all our initial training. Each person that volunteers to be a responder is put
through a four day course which incorporates all the skills and techniques we will use out in the field.
this is not a first aid course, although there are clearly some areas of overlap. The primary focus is on
the basic strategies that will hopefully preserve a life until a fully trained professional arrives to take
over. For information on what we are trained to do, please click this link
through a four day course which incorporates all the skills and techniques we will use out in the field.
this is not a first aid course, although there are clearly some areas of overlap. The primary focus is on
the basic strategies that will hopefully preserve a life until a fully trained professional arrives to take
over. For information on what we are trained to do, please click this link
These courses take place within EMAS training facilities to ensure that all our volunteers are trained
to the highest standard and are confident enough and competent to walk into an emergency situation
with a minimum of background information and deal with whatever they face.
to the highest standard and are confident enough and competent to walk into an emergency situation
with a minimum of background information and deal with whatever they face.
The last day of the course incorporates an assessment of the candidate to ensure that their learning has
been consolidated into a systematic process of assessment and action that will endeavour to preserve a
life until a crew arrive.
been consolidated into a systematic process of assessment and action that will endeavour to preserve a
life until a crew arrive.
Once the EMAS training is complete, our volunteers are qualified to act on behalf of, and under the insurance
of, East Midlands Ambulance Service. It would however, be a daunting prospect to be out on your own in
some potentially very stressful situations, and so newly qualified VFR volunteers are always paired up with
an experienced responder until they have been out on at least a couple of calls.
We ensure our volunteers are kept up to date with changes in practices, such as the change in the “ERG”
Guidance on resuscitation of 2006, by holding a monthly training meeting. Below are a selection of photo’s
From one of our monthly meetings, where you can also see some of the equipment we carry.
of, East Midlands Ambulance Service. It would however, be a daunting prospect to be out on your own in
some potentially very stressful situations, and so newly qualified VFR volunteers are always paired up with
an experienced responder until they have been out on at least a couple of calls.
We ensure our volunteers are kept up to date with changes in practices, such as the change in the “ERG”
Guidance on resuscitation of 2006, by holding a monthly training meeting. Below are a selection of photo’s
From one of our monthly meetings, where you can also see some of the equipment we carry.
The above includes photo’s from our May 2008 training when our
EMAS Community Defibrillation Officer, Sean Keown, was able to join us
EMAS Community Defibrillation Officer, Sean Keown, was able to join us
