Suitable for:-
Anyone who participates in outdoor activities and is some distance from backup help.

Recognition:-

• HSE "Appointed Person"
• Adventurous Activities Licensing Authority
• BMC/MLTB
• Moor & Fell Walking Award
• BCU & RYA
• PADI & NCA
• BHPA

Prerequisites:-
None

Length:-
16 hours (usually 2 full days)

This course is probably the most comprehensive, easy learning, and enjoyable first aid course in the UK. It looks at both general and advanced first aid skills, and gives you the confidence to apply them in outdoor environments.
Many outdoor courses concentrate on anatomy and physiology and have a stressful exam at the end. Instead we concentrates on developing practical skills and uses outdoor specific scenarios to build confidence, probably the most important aspect of first aid.

Downloads:-
Course information
Article from Skywings
Sample pages from Outdoor manual (very similar to paragliding manual)

Course contents:-

• search and rescue
• first-aider safety & personal hygiene
• communication and delegation
• primary survey
• unconscious, non-trauma casualty
• recovery position
• unconscious, trauma casualty
• the "chain of survival"
• rescue breathing
• cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• choking management
• first aid kits
• controlling bleeding
• shock
• burns and scalds
• secondary surveys - injury/illness
• typical injuries
• moving injured patients
• effects of heat and cold
• response to high altitude
• typical illnesses
• scenario practice
• the accident book
• reporting of accidents at work

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