FREC 4 · PRE-COURSE LEARNING
FREC 4 Pre Learning
Videos, articles and diagrams to watch or read before your FREC 4 course. Not exhaustive, but a good baseline for the topics we cover.
Foundations
Anatomy and patient assessment
Start with the free Ross & Wilson textbook on anatomy and physiology in health and illness, then refresh the primary and secondary survey.
Airway & breathing
Airway and respiratory system
Review the i-gel insertion technique and how the lungs work, then common respiratory illnesses.
Questions? Our team is happy to help.
Cardiovascular
Circulation, blood pressure and ECGs
ECGs are part of FREC 4. Understand the circulatory system and the heart's conduction system, and practise taking a manual blood pressure.
Body systems
Musculoskeletal, digestive and nervous systems
Background on the body systems behind common trauma and medical presentations, including strokes and seizures.
Special cases
Children, maternity and sepsis
Common childhood illness, the paediatric big six and assessment, plus the stages of labour for emergency childbirth.
Major incident
Major incidents and handover
Multi-agency working, triage at a major incident and structured handover tools.
- JESIP: about JESIP
- Major incident triage (diagram)
- Ten-second triage (diagram)
- Triage sort table (diagram)
- SBAR communication tool (diagram)
- ATMIST handover (diagram)
Frequently asked questions
Can't see your question? Call 01823 214134 or email info@apex-mr.co.uk.
Do I have to complete all of this before my course?
Is the anatomy textbook free?
I have not done FREC 3 recently. Where can I recap?
Who do I contact about my booking?
How can we help?
Call, email or send an enquiry and one of our team will get back to you.