Our 1 day ITC Outdoor First Aid course is ideal either for outdoor enthusiasts seeking training so they are better prepared or for those acting in a supporting role who will be accompanied by a more qualified first aider. This qualification is also ideal for DofE participants. Please note that it is not suitable for validating most NGB qualifications.
The course involves 8 hours of tuition and includes an element of assessment. The main difference between this course and the 2 day Outdoor First Aid course is that the focus is on treating life threatening emergencies without so much time being spent on longer-term incident management. The aim of the course is to enable students to recognize when someone has a medical emergency and be able to give immediate appropriate assistance at
first aid level.
Our trainers seek to keep medical jargon and terminology to a minimum, concentrating on what you do in different situations rather than what you know. Therefore you will learn a set of general principles that you can adapt to different situations. The process of progressive skill development will be based on situation assessment and casualty examinations. The course is of a very practical nature and will involve ‘treating’ other course members and acting as a casualty.
The course is of a very practical nature and will involve ‘treating’ other course members and acting as a casualty therefore, It is essential that course attendees can manage the physical requirements of the course.
Topics covered will include:
- Guidance on current best practice and legislation
- Assessments of situations and casualty
- Airway, breathing and circulation assessments, including emergency resuscitation
- Safe airway position
- Dealing with choking
- Treatment of severe bleeding and shock
- Life threatening conditions such as heart attack, asthma, diabetes, burns and anaphylactic shock
On successful completion students will be awarded the Outdoor First Aid (Emergency Action) certificate which is valid for three years and requires no interim revalidation. A comprehensive outdoor first aid manual for all course participants is included in the course fee.