Fpos and mira changes january 2017 *********important*********

[mat2469]

Dear Ladies and Gents

Just to keep updating you of the updates of the FPOS and MIRA course changes starting in January 2017. For all those who are not aware the changes for the course will soon be a two week plus course and not the five day ones. If your FPOS and MIRA certs run out soon i suggest you get on a course and get it done soonest as from next year it will double in price and be longer meaning more money outlay and more time off needed to complete the course. Please get your certs checked as you are aware clients insist on medical qualifications.

On another note congratulations to the last Crown Medical FPOS and MIRA course to the students who did well and achieved a high standard. The trip up the mountain went well and you were put under pressure to achieve the tasks given. Dont forget regardless of the situation and position of your patients its still ABCs. There were a few students who were working in Erbil for humanitarian reasons and my best wishes go with you and remember to keep yourself safe and always remember your number one out there.

Crown Medical Port Talbot. FPOS course Dec 5th 2016

Regards

Mat

 

[GreenLid1]

This has me confused.

This is an extract from this link:

Level 4 First Person on Scene (FPOS) Extended Certificate - Crown Training Crown Training


"Due to recent changes in the FPOS (I) syllabus, the original Level 2 FPOS has now been extended to a 10-day programme (Monday-Friday for 2 weeks). This extension is to accommodate the 96 contact hours required by Pearson (Awarding body) in the recent changes. The qualification level has been increased from a level 2 to a level 4 BTEC and now incorporates all the modules that were previously seen as EMT clinical skills modules.

As this course is now a level 4 BTEC, Pearson have recommended that it be ideal for all CP medics, regardless of if they work in the U.K or elsewhere. Many close protection and security companies are now looking at this course as being a replacement for the old FPOS (I)/EMT/MIRA combination.

The MIRA course will still be available as a 2-day bolt on module for those who work for companies where their clinical directives allow for such skills to be used."


If this "Level 4 FPOS" course is as stated "a replacement for the old FPOS (I)/EMT/MIRA combination." - Then why do they go on to state that the MIRA course is available as a 2 day bolt on?

Is this new level 4 basically somewhere in between the old FPOSi and the MIRA courses?

J