Outdoor first aid course
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If your assessment of First Aid needs highlights the need for qualified First Aiders in outdoor activity, then this Level 3 qualification will provide you with suitable and highly trained personnel. This comprehensive two-day course covers a wide range of First Aid emergencies, enabling all participants to deal with emergency situations with confidence in a prompt, safe and effective way, particularly where professional medical help is not immediately available.
This course fulfils the requirements of the First Aid element of the expedition syllabus and it is suitable for the Bronze, Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh awards.
Syllabus
A range of outdoor First Aid related subjects are covered including:
• First Aid Equipment
• Assessment of the situation
• Prioritising treatment
• Environmental factors
• Dealing with an unresponsive casualty
• Bandaging
• Moving a casualty
• Shock (including Anaphylaxis)
• Fractures and spinal injuries
• Heart attacks
• Choking
• Control of bleeding
• Head injuries
• Eye injuries
• Poisoning
• Chest injuries
• Abdominal injuries
• Sprains and strains
• Burns and scalds
• Asthma
• Diabetes
• Epilepsy
• Hypothermia
• Frostbite
• Heat exhaustion
• Bites and stings
• Minor injuries
qualification information
Level 3 award in outdoor first aid (England, Wales and NI)
Level 6 award in outdoor first aid (Scotland)
Course cost – £130
Contact hours – 16-20 (2 days)
Maximum course spaces – 12
Certificate – 3 years
Minimum age – 16