Outdoor Pursuits 16 Hour First Aid - Level 3 (VTQ)

The Outdoor Pursuits 16 Hour First Aid course is aligned with the Institute for Outdoor Learning (IOL) Statement of Good Practice on Outdoor First Aid at Band 3.

The contents of this course will cover primary and secondary care and are adapted to the outdoor world where the emergency services may be harder to access. We also offer a 1-day course or other specific workplace courses that will meet your needs.

We offer this course as a classroom or blended course, where students complete our Activity First Aid online, blended part 1 course then attend a classroom course to practice the skills that have been learnt online.

All our first aid courses fully meet the UK and European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021 as per the HSE requirements.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

Course Details…

16hours contact time / 2Day

Course delivery:

• At a suitable location in your work place

• Arranged alternative location

• Blended Learning Option also available

Fee’s

• Start from £160 per person

• Group booking discounts available

• Day rate courses for groups of 12 persons available

Suitable for….

• Mountain climbers

• SCUBA instructors

• Watersports instructors

• Outdoor pursuits instructors and students

CPD Certified…

  CPD Certified - 16.0 hours

This course comes with 16.0 hours of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

Course Content…

• Introductory First Aid Training

  • Fears of First Aid

  • Asking Permission to Help

  • Scene Safety

  • Chain of Survival

  • ABCD's

  • Initial Assessment

  • Stop Think Act

  • Barriers

  • Face Shields

  • Adult Bag Mask (optional)

  • First Aid Kit

  • Dealing with an Emergency away from EMS support

  • Deciding to move a patient or not

• Cardiac Arrest

  • Adult, Child, Infant CPR

  • Adult CPR Hand Over

  • Compression-Only CPR

  • AED Introduction

• Heart Attack

  • Heart Attack

• Choking Training

  • Conscious Adult, Child, Infant Choking

  • Unconscious Adult, Child, Infant Choking

• Bleeding Control

  • Types of Bleeding

  • Serious Bleeding

  • Internal bleeding

  • Plasters

  • Other Injuries

• Secondary Care Ongoing Assessments for Injury and Illness

  • Illness Assessment

  • RICE - Strains, Sprains and Soft Tissue Injuries

  • Adult Fractures

  • Head Injury

  • Eye Injuries

  • Spinal Injury

  • Allergies

  • Burns

  • Heat and Cold Emergencies

  • Shock

  • Diabetes

  • Asthma

  • Epilepsy and Seizures