1 Day Outdoor First Aid Course

Outdoor Pursuits First Aid where you do not need the 16-hour course. It covers primary and secondary care where the EMS is not easily accessible. This is a one day practical course covering:

1. Introductory First Aid Training
2. Fears of First Aid
3. Asking Permission to Help
4. Scene Safety
5. Chain of Survival
6. ABCD's
7. Initial Assessment and Recovery Position
8. Stop Think Act
9. Barriers
10. Face Shields
11. First Aid Kit
12. Dealing with an Emergency away from EMS support
13. Deciding to move a patient or not
14. Cardiac Arrest
15. Adult CPR
16. Adult CPR Hand Over
17. Compression-Only CPR
18. AED Introduction
19. Choking Training
20. Conscious Adult Choking
21. Unconscious Adult Choking
22. Bleeding Control
23. Types of Bleeding
24. Serious Bleeding
25. Internal bleeding
26. Secondary Care Ongoing Assessments for Injury and Illness
27. RICE - Strains, Sprains and Soft Tissue Injuries
28. Adult Fractures
29. Head Injury
30. Spinal Injury
31. Anatomy of an Injury
32. Allergies
33. Heat and Cold Emergencies
34. Shock
35. Asthma
36. Epilepsy and Seizures

This is a practical course, please come with comfortable clothing, lunch and drink for the day. Tea and coffee will be provided.