Emergency First Response

PADI’s Emergency Care Organisation

Emergency First Response courses follow current emergency patient care standards as published in the American Heart Association Guidelines 2005 for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care and the Basic Life Support (BLS) group of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR).

Focused on training the lay rescuer, the Emergency First Response approach to training builds confidence in lay rescuers and increases their willingness to respond when faced with a medical emergency by teaching them the skills they need in a non-stressful learning environment. Participants are also given as much practice as necessary to master and retain these skills.

Emergency First Response courses encompass adult, child and infant CPR and first aid skills, and incorporate Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) training and emergency Oxygen use.

Emergency First Response courses are flexible in design to accommodate scheduling and training needs.

They can be taught together or alone in any combination.

The available courses are:

• EFR Primary Care (CPR)
• EFR Secondary Care (First Aid)
• EFR Care for Children
• EFR Instructor

From March 2009, all new PADI Instructors need to be current Emergency First Response Instructors or hold another equivalent First Aid and CPR instructor qualification.