Training
The training is generally first aid-based and at its core includes extended first aid skills such as defibrillation and oxygen therapy. Most schemes also use some further extended skills adjuncts, not normally taught on public first aid courses, such as suction and placement of oropharyngeal airways.
There is no agreed national standard for first responders. In most cases the training takes place over several evenings and/or weekends and there may be a period of supervision for new responders including ambulance observation shifts before they are deemed competent to respond on their own.
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