Training Required
Training takes place either at Chelmsford Ambulance Headquarters or at Southend Ambulance Station on selected dates and has limited places.
In
this intensive training day you will be able to come away in how to
provide Basic Life Support (BLS), in the use oxygen therapy and how
to administer, trained to use a defibuator in the event of a Cardiac
Arrest.
You
will also be trained to insert Airways and the use of the Bag and mask.
All of these are part of the Basic Life Support.

Once your day’s training has been completed and your CRB Check is clear, you will be able to go active within your group. Depending on how your group works then you usually find that training is monthly and always ongoing, YOU have to re-qualify every 6 MONTHS to remain active as a First Responder
