Overview
About This Course
Designed for outdoor professionals working in rural or remote environments where emergency help could be more than 30 minutes away. Meets the Institute for Outdoor Learning’s Outdoor First Aid Band 3 requirements and the first aid element of Duke of Edinburgh expeditions. Maximum 12 students, minimum age 16.
Course Content
What's Covered
- What is outdoor first aid?
- Incident management & scene survey
- First aid equipment
- Primary & secondary survey
- Bones, joints and muscle injuries
- Head and spinal injuries
- Chest and abdominal injuries
- Major illnesses & anaphylaxis
- Extreme heat and cold
- Resuscitation
- Burns & eye injuries
- Wounds, bleeding and hypovolaemic shock
- Bites and stings
- Poisoning