All vaccinators must meet the Ministry of Health requirements by holding a current CPR certificate. Under the IMAC guidelines, all vaccinators need to achieve and maintain specific resuscitation skills and be able to resuscitate a patient should the need arise.

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The PRS Immediate Responder course covers the core components required for vaccinators:

• infant, child and adult CPR, including mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-mask and the management of choking

• administration of IM adrenaline for treatment of anaphylaxis

• use of an automated external defibrillator

• one- and two-person bag valve mask ventilation and mouth-to-mask technique.

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In addition to the above, participants will also learn Airway Management techniques using Oropharyngeal airway (Guedal airways), LMA, Oxygen Administration and Suction.

 

The Immediate Responder course is available as a 3 hour face to face course in locations across NZ, or in a blended learning format where the theory component is completed online prior to attending a face-to-face practical session with a PRS instructor. During the face-to-face session you will demonstrate the practical techniques to the content learnt in the online module.

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Face-to-face course locations cover multi level CPR sessions simultaneously. Click HERE to see course locations and to register for an Immediate Responder session.

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More information on the blended learning format is available HERE.

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