Outdoor Pursuits 8 Hour First Aid - Level 3 (VTQ

These one-day Outdoor Pursuits First Aid qualification is aligned with the Institute for Outdoor Learning Outdoor First Aid Statement of Good Practice Band 2 and is designed to cover content that is appropriate and applicable to an outdoor environment.

Our Outdoor Pursuits 8-hour course will cover primary and secondary care where the EMS is not easily accessible and will include practical and theoretical assessments.

It is recommended but not required to complete our FirstAidPlus online course prior to attending to increase the number of subjects covered.

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…

8hours contact time / 1Day

Course delivery:

• At a suitable location in your work place

• Arranged alternative location

• Blended Learning Option also available

  
  

Fee's

• Start from £85 per person

• Group booking discounts available

• Day rate courses for groups of 12 persons available

Suitable for….

• Watersports instructors

• Outdoor pursuits instructors and students

CPD Certified…

  CPD Certified - 7.0 hours

This course comes with 7.0 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 and Recovery Position

  • Stop Think Act

  • Barriers

  • Face Shields

  • First Aid Kit

  • Dealing with an Emergency away from EMS support

  • Deciding to move a patient or not

• Cardiac Arrest

  • Adult CPR

  • Adult CPR Hand Over

  • Compression-Only CPR

  • AED Introduction

• Choking Training

  • Conscious Adult Choking

  • Unconscious Adult Choking

• Bleeding Control

  • Types of Bleeding

  • Serious Bleeding

  • Internal bleeding

• Secondary Care Ongoing Assessments for Injury and Illness

  • RICE - Strains, Sprains and Soft Tissue Injuries

  • Adult Fractures

  • Head Injury

  • Spinal Injury

  • Anatomy of an Injury

  • Allergies

  • Heat and Cold Emergencies

  • Shock

  • Asthma

  • Epilepsy and Seizures