Outdoor Pursuits 16 Hour First Aid to meet the requirements laid down by many outdoor pursuits as it covers primary and secondary care and adapted to the outdoor world where the emergency services may be harder to access.

The course will cover:

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
8. Stop Think Act
9. Barriers
10. Face Shields
11. Adult Bag Mask (optional)
12. First Aid Kit
13. Dealing with an Emergency away from EMS support
14. Deciding to move a patient or not
15. Cardiac Arrest
16. Adult, Child, Infant CPR
17. Adult CPR Hand Over
18. Compression-Only CPR
19. AED Introduction
20. Heart Attack
21. Heart Attack
22. Choking Training
23. Conscious Adult, Child, Infant Choking
24. Unconscious Adult, Child, Infant Choking
25. Bleeding Control
26. Types of Bleeding
27. Serious Bleeding
28. Internal bleeding
29. Plasters
30. Other Injuries
31. Secondary Care Ongoing Assessments for Injury and Illness
32. Illness Assessment
33. RICE - Strains, Sprains and Soft Tissue Injuries
34. Adult Fractures
35. Head Injury
36. Eye Injuries
37. Spinal Injury
38. Allergies
39. Burns
40. Heat and Cold Emergencies
41. Shock
42. Diabetes
43. Asthma
44. 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.