GP’s Practices

Clive and the First Response team adopt a practical, informative and enjoyable style and offer a sensible and realistic approach to the practicalities and difficulties encountered in common emergency situations. This is facilitated by the team's years of experience working as paramedics, enabling them to draw on real-life examples and offer practical solutions to dealing with common scenarios encountered in resuscitation. Their approach makes the training session immensely valuable to both clinical and non-clinical staff alike, teaching practical skills to people from all backgrounds and levels of experience. I would thoroughly recommend First Response to any organisation that wants to do more than simply "tick the box" of engaging in resuscitation training but truly wants to learn, develop or update life-saving resuscitation skills.

Dr Jonathan Hayes BM MRCGP

Clinical Governance Lead GP, NHS South Gloucestershire

"Our practice had its annual Resuscitation Refresher course today from Clive and the team at First Response. As ever it was highly informative and very entertaining. There was an excellent mix of education, theory and plenty of opportunity for hands-on. We had the opportunity to hone our skills on adult and paediatric resuscitation as well as learning about choking and anaphylaxis. We also had the chance to practice mini scenarios and to use the defibrillator. I would strongly recommend his services in this infrequently encountered but vital area.  A very well spent 2 hours"

Dr Paul Taylor MBBS DRCOG DCH FRCGP

Hanham Health

"Thank you very much for a really very good resuscitation course-the best I have ever attended. My very best compliments for engaging the group so well and really making it a very pleasurable learning experience. You clearly have a very good skill at teaching. I have already recommended you

to other practice managers and will do so in the future-superb"

Dr Wolfgang  Walter MD MRCGP MFHom

Medical General Practitioner

"First Response have provided excellent multi-disciplinary training for our large surgery for a couple of years now. There is the important acknowledgement that non clinical staff may also be involved in an emergency. The training ensures that both clinical and non-clinical staff feel empowered with increased confidence and the skills to deliver emergency care"

Dr Janice Patrick MBBS DRCOG MRCGP Dip Ther

The Health Centre Bradford on Avon  

“Every GP and member of the practice team needs an annual CPR update and up until recently I have found these rather boring, long winded, confusing and not particularly useful.
However since we have had our training with Clive at First Response, this has changed. Not only have these training sessions been good team building exercises, fun and useful, we now have clear guidelines and cards on what we all should be doing, we have a better equipped emergency trolley which we all know where to find and how to use and hopefully we will all be better prepared for that next emergency”
Dr Linda McHugh MB.ChB, DObst
Number 18 Surgery, Bath

“First Response has enabled us to maintain and support our life support skills. The multi-disciplinary training and role-play have helped us to work together effectively for the good of patients. Items of resuscitation equipment keep changing and First Response ensure we have the best tools for the trade. They are a part of our team”
Dr Robert Q Laurence MB ChB MRCGP DRCOG (GP Principal)
Frome Valley Medical Centre

“The Doctors and staff all look forward to our annual resuscitation training from First Response. It is always interesting, with hands on skills being refreshed and updated in a most enjoyable way along with re-familiarisation with the equipment used”.
Dr Hugh Goddard MB FRCA MRCGP
Wells City Practice, Wells

“We have used First Response for many years and have always had an excellent service delivery for all the training carried out by them. They are extremely flexible and will work around the busy schedule that general practice now finds itself in to accommodate all our requirements. Clive makes the courses interesting and humorous whilst covering all aspects of the subject in hand”.
Stuart Cowper Practice Manager
The Pulteney Practice

"First Response has given the practice team much more confidence in the area of resuscitation. The teaching is excellent and significant changes have been made in the way we now approach resuscitation".
Dr Charlie Berrisford BSc. MBBS MRCGP (GP Principal)
Number 18 Surgery Bath

"The CPR and Defib training provided by First Response was direct and easily assimilated by the administrative staff and the clinical staff. We all worked as a team with Aide Memoire cards which were extremely useful. I would not hesitate to recommend First Response to any organisation requiring CPR training –It was a very practical and enjoyable session".
Dr Michael David Hewson Gailey BSc,M BBS 1996 University of London, MRCGP
Wellington Medical Centre

“Wellcare Clinic has used First Response for many years. Clive and his team provide excellent skills training and updating for all our clinicians and administration staff, sound advice on equipment and are there when we need them. We can’t recommend First Response highly enough”
Martha Cox Director
Wellcare Clinic, Bath.

“First Response sessions are up-to date, informative, participative and enjoyable. Delivery is enthusiastic and well-paced, and deals proficiently with a variety of learners. As a result maintaining knowledge and skills is trouble-free”
Dr Terry Paterson MB ChB FRACGP FRCGP
Pilning Surgery

“Clive is an excellent tutor and very informative. He is able to put staff at ease, especially non-clinical team members. His style of teaching is informal but manages to convey all the essential latest updates via role play and team work.
He has also advised us on essential equipment and we have such streamlined our ‘resus box’. We welcome him back every year".
Karen Goodwin Senior Practice Nurse
Oaklands Surgery
Yeovil

“Excellent, concise and entertaining annual refresher courses on resuscitation”
Dr O Shaun Merrifield MB ChB MRCGP DRCOG DFFP
Crewkerne Health Centre