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