FAQs

We will need to see the syllabus and certificate from your completed course.

We may need to complete a short additional training session to cover some extra topics not typically standard in non scouting First aid courses.

An External trainer of a regulated course can also use the 'Guidance for External First Aid Trainers and Checklist' and this can be accepted as additional evidence that the content gaps have been met on their course.

The First Response Trainer is responsible for determining whether learners have met the learning outcomes based on practical assessment and oral questioning.

The First Response Course is designed specifically for adults in The Scouts and Girlguiding, based on the situations and issues that occur within those movements. It is not, therefore, externally recognised.

Life support

Use of AED (automated external defibrillator)

Choking

Causes and level of unresponsiveness

Recovery / safe airway position

Safe approach, primary survey and initial assessment *

CPR for an adult *

CPR for a child *

Trauma and injury

Shock

Bleeding (severe, nosebleeds and internal)

Fractures and sprains

Head injury

Dental incidents

Burns

Major illness

Asthma

Anaphylaxis

Heart attack

Stroke

Seizures

Diabetes

Sepsis & Meningitis

Items identified with * must be demonstrated practically by the learner (practical learning 10B), although those who are not able to do this may instruct others in doing the skill.

Once the online 2.5hr e-learning is complete you can book onto our Module 10A PT2 + 10B 3hr session to complete and validate your learning.

The First Response skill needs to be renewed every three years.

Where there is a gap between completion of the theoretical and the practical learning, the renewal date will be taken from completion of the former.

Members whose employment requires them to have first aid knowledge and skills, such as Nurses, Midwives, Police Officers, Medical Practitioners, Members of H.M. Armed Forces, and Ambulance Care (Assistants/Paramedics/Technicians), may meet or exceed the requirements of First Response.

If this is the case, to exempt these professionals from undertaking unnecessary learning, they can provide details of an up-to-date qualification which meets or exceeds the First Response content.

This could, for instance, be a certificate or an official letter confirming that the necessary areas have been met. A First Response trainer will need to verify that the requirements are fully met or will arrange for learning and validation of any missing elements.

The Scouts have a robust Equal Opportunities Policy, which outlines our commitment to ensuring that the movement is open and accessible to all. Within this policy, we also have a commitment to make reasonable adjustments for members with disabilities to equally access Scouting.

For a learner who may be physically unable to demonstrate any process, a suitable reasonable adjustment for an assessment would be that the learner demonstrates they are independently able to successfully instruct/direct another adult, who does not have the skills or knowledge, to physically provide the care on their behalf.