Dealing with in Vehicle and on Road Emergencies

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Course Times – To be notified on course booking
Please arrive 30 minutes prior to course start time for registration purposes.
Identification Requirements
Please bring at least one of the following forms of identification – Driving Licence, Driver Qualification Card,
Driver Card or Valid Passport.
Course Type
This course is registered with JAUPT for DCPC uploads.

The Dealing with in Vehicle and on Road Emergencies course will focus on understanding what actions to take in the event of an in-vehicle and on-road emergencies. This includes:

  •  How to assist somebody with both life-threatening conditions and minor injuries. You will also learn how to perform rescue breaths and chest compressions (CPR) on an unconscious casualty and how to use a defibrillator (AED).
  • Driver Fitness  focusing on your fitness to drive and covers eyesight, alcohol & drugs, medical conditions, driving licence and many more relevant items such as driver’s regulatory responsibilities, the importance of safe driving practices other hot topics that can negatively impact safe driving such as driver fitness, health, distraction, and impairment.

This course contains the following elements :-

  • Explain and demonstrate how to manage an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally and how to place them in the (lateral) safe airway position.

  • How to manage an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing normally.

  • How to safely use an automated external defibrillator.

  • Make drivers aware of the law and their responsibilities.

  • Understanding the effects and potential consequences of of drug and alcohol misuse including prescription and over the counter medication.

  • Understanding the effects and consequences of fatigue and sleeping disorders and how to recognise them and how they are treated.

  • How complying with drivers’ hours and Working Time Directives will help combat fatigue.

  • Understanding illness and physiological impairment and how to minimise the impact.

  • Make drivers aware of the law’s requirement in relation to eyesight and medical standards for professional drivers.

Dealing with in Vehicle and on Road Emergencies is a seven-hour, CPC Accredited course.