QNUK Level 3 Award in Rescue Trauma and Casualty Care (RQF)
What is RTACC?
RTACC gives you more than a first aider’s skills—it takes you into serious trauma management. Created in partnership with experienced pre-hospital doctors, this course is for those who want to move beyond basic first response: to confidently assess, manage, and treat significant trauma in realistic settings. If you’re comparing with courses like FREC3, FPOS, MIRA or First Responder programmes, this is an alternative designed for high-intensity trauma and casualty care.
You’ll learn through theoretical modules, hands-on demonstrations, practical skills sessions, and realistic scenarios, including live actors and high-fidelity simulation in workplace-like environments.
Who this course is for
- First aiders or other medical/response personnel who want to upskill to manage serious trauma.
- Those who intend to work in environments or roles where severe injuries, multi-trauma or major incident response may occur.
- Individuals who need to operate under the guidelines of Faculty of Pre-hospital Care (FPHC) / Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) level E standards.
What you’ll learn
Below are the core topics covered—both theory and practice:
| Theory & Classroom | Practical Skills & Scenarios |
|---|---|
| Scene safety, incident management and risk assessment | Realistic trauma scenarios with simulated casualties |
| Anatomy & physiology (adult & paediatric) | Live actor-based assessment and treatment drills |
| Mechanism of injury / kinematics | Managing catastrophic bleeding: tourniquets, wound packing, junctional haemorrhage control |
| Airway assessment & enhanced airway adjuncts (supraglottic devices) | Spinal assessment, immobilisation techniques |
| Respiratory & thoracic trauma recognition and management | Mass casualty response & triage |
| Circulatory system, shock, circulatory collapse | Use of oxygen therapy, resuscitation (including cardiac arrest) |
| Drowning, immersion, thermal injury & environmental exposure | Pain management, fracture reduction, splinting |
| Abdominal, head injury, disability assessment | Medical emergencies (diabetes, stroke etc.), overdose, delirium |
Learning Outcomes
After completing RTACC, you will be able to:
- Safely assess and manage a wide variety of serious trauma and casualty situations.
- Use advanced first response techniques for bleeding control, airway management, spinal injury treatment, shock, etc.
- Recognise and respond to the needs of paediatric patients and vulnerable groups.
- Apply safe oxygen administration, thermal injury treatment, drowning/immersion care.
- Function effectively within major incident or mass casualty events, including triage.
- Understand environmental hazards and exposure risks.
Course Details
- Duration: 3 days (typically multiple days, combining theory + practical + simulation).
- Prerequisites: some first aid experience or qualification is of use; physical ability to participate in realistic scenario work.
- Assessment: includes practical demonstration of skills, scenario-based evaluations, and theory knowledge checks.
- Certification: Level 3 accredited (QNUK), aligned with FPHC / PHEM level E standards. Valid for a specified period; refresher training strongly recommended.
Why take this course?
Trauma incidents don’t wait. Rapid recognition, correct treatment, confident action—these save lives. Whether you work in high-risk industries, emergency response, remote locations, or simply want to increase readiness, RTACC gives you the skills, confidence, and knowledge to make a difference when seconds count.
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