Short Notice? Thats ok you have come to the right place

Hi to everyone chill out folks.

We all have an opinion on this issue if you have paid close to a thousand pounds getting your registration then yes you want to and are entitled to use that registration to good effect, but please use it to market you service, if you want to use it like a weapon be ready for a return of fire.

If like me you are at the lower end of the food chain providing just first aid then why pay for something you don’t need? That money can be put into patient care.

What do you get from the CQC- a registration that’s all I can see?

I know of a local CQC firms who provide an abysmal service and I bet you do.

If I want to be totally brutal the CQC is just a money making racket, if you will an extra tax on business, it fails to keep up with the workload that it has now, never mind all the small first aid teams etc,

Its inspectors know little to nothing about pre-hospital care and like stated on this forum they tie themselves up in knots, can’t answer simple questions.

The day might come when some of us small fish have to register and we will cross that bridge when we come to it, but for now I will use any spare cash on building a solid infrastructure.

I just want to point out that a CQC registered firm does a few of the small local horse jumping events, they turn up in an old RRV with one first aid kit bag and told me it’s not worth bringing all the main kit down, nothing ever happens ?????

No scoop, no immobilisation kit, no AED, no oxygen, just a few dressings, if that’s the CQC’s standards then I would rather be at my standard thanks.    

I have raised my concerns with the organisers of the horse shows and pointed out a few failing, however this has fallen on deaf ears and I may be just seen as someone who is bitter at not having this work.

The crew that attend the events do some other work for the organiser, putting up jumps and building the course, something that I am not prepared, or insured to do, it also has major implications on infection control.

I don’t feel like I want to throw stones at this time and dob people in to the CQC, I see failings in my own service but like you state at my level it is not regulated.

My failings are in equipment (I tend to borrow aed’s etc) but will put back any profits that I make into this type of equiptment. Also my policy documentation is a little poor.

However I do have risk assessments’ duty plans and reflective practice for all events that I cover.

My long term goal is to register at some point-however my gut feeling is that you are just paying for the right to practice.

That brings me on to a different subject but a valid one- FAW= a recognised industry first aid certificate.

Should we as a industry have an awarding body for event first aid certificates ??