This accelerated course is strictly for individuals who hold an in-date PHECC CFR Community certificate (or a higher-level PHECC award like FAR or APIC that includes CFR certification).
Note: If your certificate has already expired, you are typically required to attend the full initial CFRC course.

Why Recertify Your CFRC Certification Now?

Maintain Compliance: Keep your qualifications valid for your employer, volunteer group, or community scheme.
Stay Updated: Protocols change. Ensure you are using the most current, evidence-based techniques for CPR and choking management.
Rebuild Confidence: The recertification is a practical session designed to rebuild muscle memory and ensure you feel confident to act decisively in a cardiac emergency.

This isn’t just a lecture; it’s a hands-on review and assessment of your core life-saving skills.

Fast-Paced Review: Quickly cover the signs of heart attack, stroke (FAST assessment), and choking management for adults, children, and infants.
Practical Assessment: Demonstrate your proficiency in CPR and using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) under the supervision of a certified instructor.
Immediate Certification: Upon successful completion of the half-day session, you will receive your renewed PHECC CFR Community certificate, valid for another two years.

What You’ll Learn

Scene Assessment & Safety: 
Reviewing proper procedures for managing an emergency scene to ensure responder and patient safety.

Patient Assessment: 
Re-evaluating the steps for quickly assessing a conscious and unconscious patient.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): 
Hands-on review and assessment of high-quality CPR techniques for adults, children, and infants.

Automated External Defibrillation (AED): 
Updating knowledge and re-assessing skills on the safe and effective use of an AED.

Choking Management: 
Reviewing techniques for managing foreign body airway obstructions in conscious and unconscious adults, children, and infants.

Medical Emergencies Recognition: 
Refreshing knowledge on the signs and symptoms of a heart attack and stroke (using the FAST assessment).

Aspirin Administration: 
Reviewing the guidelines and protocols for administering 300mg aspirin to a patient experiencing cardiac chest pain.

Information Management: 
Reviewing documentation and communication with emergency medical services (EMS), including the use of the PHECC RED Card (Request Emergency Dispatch).

Team Resuscitation: 
Understanding roles and communication within a team during a resuscitation scenario (often new/updated content in refreshers).

Post-Resuscitation Care: 
Brief overview of the management of patients following the return of normal spontaneous breathing. 

The recertification course emphasizes practical application and ensures you are up-to-date with the latest PHECC Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs).

Assessment & Support

The assessment process for the Cardiac First Response Community (CFRC) Recertification is entirely practical and designed to confirm that participants can competently perform life-saving skills according to the current PHECC clinical guidelines.

Practical Skills Assessment: 
The primary assessment involves instructors observing candidates manage simulated emergency scenarios.
You must demonstrate proficiency in:
CPR and AED Use: Performing high-quality chest compressions and correctly operating an AED as part of a resuscitation effort.Choking Management: Correctly applying relief techniques for conscious and unconscious casualties.Continuous Evaluation: Tutors continuously monitor performance throughout the session, providing immediate feedback rather than a single final exam. Tutor Support Tutor support is a key part of the recertification experience, even in a shorter course: Expert Instruction: All courses are led by highly experienced, PHECC-registered instructors who are current in their own clinical practice.Skill Feedback: Tutors provide immediate, hands-on feedback during all practical scenario work, helping correct techniques and build confidence.Protocol Updates: Instructors guide participants through any new or updated resuscitation protocols since their last certification.Accessibility: Tutors are available to address individual questions or specific concerns related to the workplace or community environment participants operate in.