What the course is about
The Outdoor First Aid Course is accreditted by ITC, and aligned with the HSE requirements for First Aid, and is delivered to groups of expedition leaders for awards such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Participants receive two days training, with the first completing their Emergency First Aid at Work Certificate, and the second day with outdoor specific scenarios.
The course is £200 + VAT.
What is covered?
- The roles and responsibilities of an emergency first aider
- Assessing an incident
- Managing an unresponsive casualty
- CPR and defibrillation
- Recovery Position
- Choking
- Seizures
- Shock
- Wounds and bleeding
- Minor injuries
- Cuts, grazes and bruises
- Minor burns and scalds
- Catastrophic bleading
- Breaks, fractures and dislocation
- Animal bites, lymes disease, ticks
- Expedition First Aid box contents
- Summoning emergency services in the outdoors context
- Removal of helmets
- Extremes of heat – hypothermia and heat stroke
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