Practical and fun learning giving confidence in being a first aider
The Industry standard first aid course, which will not turn you into a medical encyclopaedia but will give you the strategies you need to manage an emergency situation.
This course is ideally suited to anyone who works or plays in an outdoor adventure setting. It is also a course which conforms to the requirements of Mountain Training, Canoe Wales, British Cave Association, Canoe England, Scouting UK, Girl Guiding and other outdoor governing bodies + teachers, youth workers the list goes on. Whether you work in an office or outdoor environment REC courses are for everyone.
Rescue Emergency Care ( REC ) pioneered this type of course, a course which is practical bias with some classroom sessions and allows for learning at an individual pace, leaves technical jargon to other providers and has no exam at the end. Being a two day course, it is designed to introduce a systematic method of first aid for managing casualties.
We focus on dealing with incidents from medical help, alongside urban accidents with the minimal equipment you would carry while participating in or leading outdoor activities. Again, the emphasis is on practical skills, with plenty of hands-on practice including lots of outdoor scenarios.
Areas covered
- Vital signs, Primary and Secondary Survey
- Safe airway position
- Airway management
- Resuscitation
- CPR and use of defibrillator
- Drowning
- Recording and monitoring
- What to do in an emergency – casualty assessment
- Dealing with the unconscious casualty
- Summoning help in the outdoors and completing a Casualty Report Form
- Common medical emergencies: diabetes, epilepsy, asthma, anaphylaxis
- Choking
- Bleeding
- Cardiac problems: heart attack and angina
- Basic Life Support: CPR
- Drowning
- Life-threatening bleeding and shock
- Environmental problems: heat and cold injuries and conditions
- Managing your casualty in the outdoors
- Moving and carrying a casualty
- Care of burns
- Care of wounds
- Head injuries and strokes
- Fractures including spinal injuries
- Dislocations
- Soft tissue injuries
Prior Experience : None required
Costs : These are varied depending on numbers attending. The larger the group the lower the cost per person. Minimum group size is 4 and maximum is 24 ( over 12 has two instructors ) As a guide a group of 6 would be in the region of £110 per person ( depending on location )
Venue : I come to your site ( England and Wales ) to deliver the course, thus saving costs and staff time.
Dates : I offer these courses to organisations who wish to run their own course for staff. Therefore, dates can be arranged with the customer to suit their requirements.
Certificate Validation : As in line with most first aid courses within the UK on completion of this course your valid for 3 years as a first aider
