
Outdoor First Aid Course
Locations:
Beltonville Farm Shop & Campsite, Miller’s Dale, Buxton
Sychpwll Centre, Llandrinio, Llanymynech
Certificate Validation: 3 Years
Suitable: Outdoor Professionals
Course includes food and accommodation
We deliver bespoke outdoor first aid courses at the locations mentioned above with groups starting with 8 participants and above. Our maximum group size is 1:12.
Our outdoor first aid course is aimed to introduce first aid in an outdoor and/or remote environment. Over a 2-day period the instructor will use various scenarios to simulate injuries that may occur in the outdoors. By doing so, you will experience what is the role of a first responder and being able to attend a given casualty.
Course Content:
· Aims and principles of first aid, infection avoidance and safety
· Anaphylaxis
· Burns
· Cold injuries (including hypothermia), hyperthermia and other outdoor environmental hazards
· External bleeding, minor injuries and shock
· First Aid Kits
· Head, spinal and chest injuries
· Incident management – assessing and managing casualty in the outdoors
· Injuries to bones, joints and muscles
· Medical emergencies (asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, stroke, heart attack, defibrillator training)
· Tick borne infections
· Unresponsive casualties, basic life support and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), chocking, drowning, recovery position, seizures
Contact us at admin@mapadventures.co.uk