Join us at Angus Buchanan for this outdoor first aid course with highly experienced instructor Mark Jessup. This course includes an additional forestry element and paediatric first aid if required.
UPDATE: This course will now be held at Angus Buchanan Recreation Ground in Coleford in the Bowling hut. See https://www.therewildproject.com/angus for details.
Mark is a fantastic trainer, very interactive, with plenty of relevant role play.
Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th November 9.30am-5.30pm
The Qualification
The Outdoor first aid course is certified for three years and is an entry point for the REC scheme. It is the approved course for RYA, BCU, MLTB.
(Credit: https://recfirstaid.net/course&course_id=6)
The Course
A two day course (16 hours). The outdoor first aid course is designed to introduce a systematic way of first aid for managing casualties. Topic learning and practicals intermixed with scenarios of real situations. The course includes:
The fundamental workings of the body, in particular the heart, lungs and airway
Assessing a casualty
Introduces a system to cope with all incidents as safely as possible
Deciding how to deal with an accident or incident
Awareness of delayed medical help and adverse environmental conditions
The Content
First aid training with the REC scheme is easy and fun. The course is progressive by building on each session, introducing new scenarios to test all techniques for:
Emergency: vital signs • emergency action • airway • unconscious • choking • bleeding • breathing and circulation • cpr • AED (automated external defibrillator) practical training
Environment: heat stress • cold stress • hot injuries • cold injuries
Illness: chest pain • stroke • asthma • epilepsy • diabetes
Injury: head • spine • chest • abdomen • pelvis • bones • soft tissue • eye
Rescue: transportation • communication
To accommodate the RYA syllabus our Outdoor course will include understanding the differential for drowning, immersion and seasickness.
This course will also include paediatric protocols. The course follows the statutory framework for the early years in England which sets the standards for first aid training required for workers caring for young children in the absence of their parents and is appropriate to the age of the children being cared for. Protocols include:
Deal with a baby or child who is unresponsive and breathing normally;
Deal with a baby or child who is unresponsive and not breathing normally;
Deal with a baby or child who is having a seizure;
Deal with a baby or child who is choking;
Deal with a baby or child who is bleeding;
Deal with a baby or child who is suffering from shock caused by severe blood loss;
Delegates will be able to practice on first aid equipment including baby and junior first aid mannikins.
What To Bring
This two day course, will be led outside so wear appropriate clothing for the weather conditions for the day. We will not be providing food on this weekend so bring along a packed lunch.
"Best first aid training I've done!" - Rewild Crew Member