Outdoor First Aid

Course outcomes:

Understand the role of a first aider in regard to:

• The importance of preventing cross infection
• The need for recording and/or reporting incidents and accidents
• Assessing a scenario and circumstances to ensure they act safely, promptly and effectively in an emergency
• Can perform CPR to current protocols, and understand the differential for drowning.
• Understand the importance of the recovery position and the need to modify it for small spaces.
• Can administer first aid to those who are unconscious
• Can identify types of external bleeding and control bleeding
• Can use appropriate dressings, bandages and other first aid equipment available, including improvised dressings and bandages.
• Understand the term shock, recognise and treat it
• Can recognise and understands the treatment for hypothermia following immersion and/or exposure.
• Recognise the signs of a reduced level of response, with particular reference to serious head injuries.

Can administer suitable first aid for:

• breathing difficulties
• choking
• chest pain
• seasickness
• diabetic emergency
• anaphylaxis
• hyperthermia
• fractures
• seizures
• burns, including scalds, chemical and electrical
• minor injuries including small cuts, grazes, bruises and small splinters
• Can choose suitable first aid equipment

    N.B. First aid certificates are usually only valid for three years