First Aid Course Details
- Expedition Participants / Overseas Traveller Basic First Aid
- Expedition Leaders Emergency First Aid
- Scenario / Refresher Day
- Appointed Persons First Aid
- Emergency First Aid
- HSE First Aid at Work
- HSE First Aid at Work Refresher
- Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Training
Expedition Participants / Overseas Traveller Basic First Aid
No previous experience is required. This is an 8 hour, one day introduction to First Aid and preparation for expedition life. The course covers the basics of patient assessment and emergency procedures along with all the needs for staying safe and sane whilst on expedition. This mixes practical learning with scenarios of real situations.Course content:
- Intro – Health & safety, principles of first aid, vital signs
- Incident Management
- Prevention rather than cure
- Staying sane on expedition
- Expedition specifics – high altitude issues, staying warm whilst camping, dehydration, basic sanitation
- Emergency action – a methodical system to manage emergencies safely
- Airway problems – recognising airway problems and managing the airway
- Breathing problems – coping with choking
- Circulation problems – serious bleeding
- Deformities - bleeding, breaks and burns
- Unconsciousness – collapsing, safe airway position
- CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation, UK resuscitation guidelines
Expedition Leaders Emergency First Aid
No previous experience is required. This is a 16 hour, two day introduction to First Aid with applications into the expedition realm. Recognised by most National Governing Bodies of Sports and a good firm foundation for first aid knowledge. The course introduces basic First Aid skills and enables people to deal with initial treatment in more remote areas whilst leading expeditions. The course is scenario based for practical improvisation and adaptability. A two-day course specifically designed for expedition leaders and outdoor instructors that promotes awareness of delayed medical help and adverse environmental conditions.
Course content:
- Intro – Health & safety, principles of first aid, vital signs
- Emergency action – a methodical system to manage emergencies safely
- Airway problems – recognising airway problems and managing the airway
- Breathing problems – coping with choking
- Circulation problems – serious bleeding
- Deformities - bleeding, breaks and burns
- Environment – heat stress, cold stress, hot injuries, cold injuries
- Unconsciousness – collapsing, safe airway position
- CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation, UK resuscitation guidelines
- Illness – chest pain, asthma, epilepsy, diabetes
- Injury – head, spine, chest, abdomen, pelvis, bones, soft tissue, eyes
- Rescue – transportation, communication.
Additional Elements:
- Incident Management
- Dynamic Risk Analysis
- Hazard Awareness
- Dealing with death
- High Altitude First Aid
- Aquatic First Aid
- The Law and First Aid
- Country Specific bites and stings
Scenario / Refresher Day
Previous experience of attending a first aid course is necessary. This is a 7 hour, one day fun practical day for anyone who has completed a first aid course and wishes to maintain their skills. An initial 2 hour refresher will be followed by lots of practical scenarios with great learning outcomes.
Course / Scenario content:
- Emergency action – a methodical system to manage emergencies safely
- Airway problems – recognising airway problems and managing the airway
- Breathing problems – coping with choking
- Circulation problems – serious bleeding
- Deformities - bleeding, breaks and burns
- Unconsciousness – collapsing, safe airway position
- CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation, UK resuscitation guidelines
Appointed Persons First Aid
No previous experience is required. This is a 6 hour, one day course for those persons working in an environment where there are other more qualified people you can call upon, or in an area with access to good communications. This can allow you to work as an “appointed person” at work. This mixes practical learning with scenarios of real situations. The basic First Aider can take control of an incident in the absence of a standard First Aider at Work. He/she can be the Appointed Person within the workplace and is able to cope with common medical occurrences.
Course content:
- Intro – Health & safety, principles of first aid, vital signs
- Emergency action – a methodical system to manage emergencies safely
- Airway problems – recognising airway problems and managing the airway
- Breathing problems – coping with choking
- Circulation problems – serious bleeding
- Deformities - bleeding, breaks and burns
- Unconsciousness – collapsing, safe airway position
- CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation, UK resuscitation guidelines
Emergency First Aid
No previous experience is required. This is a 16 hour, two day introduction to First Aid with applications into the workplace/outdoors. The course introduces basic First Aid skills and enables people to deal with initial treatment in more remote areas. The course is scenario based for practical improvisation and adaptability. A course for leaders, teachers and anyone working away from the office, that promotes awareness of delayed medical help and adverse environmental conditions. The course is recognised by most national governing bodies (RYA, BCU, MLTB) as the requirement for an outdoor First Aid qualification. This course can be adapted specifically for the client group and has many additional items within the course.
Course content:
- Intro – Health & safety, principles of first aid, vital signs
- Emergency action – a methodical system to manage emergencies safely
- Airway problems – recognising airway problems and managing the airway
- Breathing problems – coping with choking
- Circulation problems – serious bleeding
- Deformities - bleeding, breaks and burns
- Environment – heat stress, cold stress, hot injuries, cold injuries
- Unconsciousness – collapsing, safe airway position
- CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation, UK resuscitation guidelines
- Illness – chest pain, asthma, epilepsy, diabetes
- Injury – head, spine, chest, abdomen, pelvis, bones, soft tissue, eyes
- Rescue – transportation, communication.
HSE First Aid at Work
No previous experience is required. This course is designed for candidates who work as First Aiders within the work place. It is a 24 hour, 4 day modular course with a 3 year validation for statutory and workplace needs. The course provides an introduction to a systematic method of First Aid for managing casualties and covers the HSE syllabus for First Aiders at work according to the '81 & '97 regulations, UK & European Guidelines. The HSE First Aider can take control of an incident until a nurse, doctor or ambulance arrives.
Course content:
- Intro – principles of first aid, vital signs
- Emergency action – a methodical system to manage emergencies safely
- Airway problems – recognising airway problems and managing the airway
- Breathing problems – coping with choking
- Circulation problems – serious bleeding
- Deformities - bleeding, breaks and burns
- Environment – heat stress, cold stress, chemicals, gas fumes, dust, toxic poisons.
- Unconsciousness – collapsing, safe airway position
- CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation, UK resuscitation guidelines
- Illness – chest pain, asthma, epilepsy, diabetes
- Injury – head, spine, chest, abdomen, pelvis, bones, soft tissue, eyes
- Rescue – transportation, communication
- Health & Safety – recording accidents, RIDDOR, FAW regs, First Aid kits, sick-room.
- Risk Assessment – reviews material on the course via practical, written and external assessment.
HSE First Aid at Work Refresher
This course is for those who have already completed the 4 day HSE FAW course and need to update their 3 year qualification. The course takes place over 2 days and covers all the areas that were covered on the 4 day course, focusing upon basic treatments and CPR.
Course content:
- Intro – principles of first aid, vital signs
- Emergency action – a methodical system to manage emergencies safely
- Airway problems – recognising airway problems and managing the airway
- Breathing problems – coping with choking
- Circulation problems – serious bleeding
- Deformities - bleeding, breaks and burns
- Environment – heat stress, cold stress, chemicals, gas fumes, dust, toxic poisons.
- Unconsciousness – collapsing, safe airway position
- CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation, UK resuscitation guidelines
- Illness – chest pain, asthma, epilepsy, diabetes
- Injury – head, spine, chest, abdomen, pelvis, bones, soft tissue, eyes
- Rescue – transportation, communication
- Health & Safety – recording accidents, RIDDOR, FAW regs, First Aid kits, sick-room.
- Risk Assessment – reviews material on the course via practical, written and external assessment.
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Training
This half day (4 hour) course is a must for those who work in offices or other work environments that now have AED machines and first aiders that have attended a first aid training course. A simple course designed to give your company first aider the knowledge and expertise to use this life saving piece of equipment.
This half day (4 hour) course is for those who work in offices or other work environments that now have AED machines. A simple course designed to give your company first aider the knowledge and expertise to use this life saving piece of equipment. The AED is a technology that has now been made available to the general public and not just to ambulance paramedics. These amazing, easy to use machines greatly improve the chances of survival of any casualty when used by trained first aiders.
Expedition Wise Medical prides itself on the quality and expertise of its trainers that we use. For this course, we use only A&E Doctors, Paramedics and Advanced Life Support professionals. This ensures your staff will receive some of the most enjoyable and professional first aid training available in the UK.
Course Content:
- Heart conditions
Resuscitation - CPR protocols
- Use of AED
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