ITC Outdoor First Aid course
2 days (16 hours): L3
This course deals with a wide range of all the first aid emergencies you may be faced with when outdoors, on expeditions, in remote locations or when doing adventurous activities. The emphasis is very hands-on, and the focus on dealing with situations in the real world. We hope that you will come away from this course with much greater confidence and ability to deal expertly with first aid situations until the ambulance or other medical help arrives, including in remote situations where help may be some time in arriving.
The course includes:
- Basic life support
- Using an AED (Automated External Defibrillator)
- Care of the unconscious casualty
- The secondary survey
- Breathing disorders and choking
- Drowning
- Severe bleeding & shock
- Treatment of specific major and minor injuries
- Fractures, dislocations, strains & sprains including splints
- Head injury
- Spinal injury
- Burns
- Stroke
- Heart conditions
- Asthma
- Shock and fainting
- Allergies and anaphylaxis
- Seizures and epilepsy
- Diabetes
- Poisons
- Hypothermia and heat stroke
- Lyme disease, Weil’s disease
- HSE regulations and record keeping
- Duration: 16 hours over 2 days
- Maximum number of delegates: 12
Courses at your venue
Contact us to run a course for your company at your own venue. Maximum 12 delegates, minimum 2 delegates.
Cost: £550 + VAT for up to 6 persons, £850 + VAT for up to 12 persons.
Forthcoming dates in Over Stowey:
The location for the following Outdoor First Aid courses is Over Stowey, Somerset. The courses start at 9.00am each day.
Cost: £130
- 18-19 November 2024
- 12-13 December 2024
- 20-21 January 2025
- 10-11 February 2025
- 13-14 March 2025
- 24-25 April 2025
- 19-20 May 2025
- 12-13 June 2025
- 3-4 July 2025
