Outdoor first Aid

Outdoor First Aid and Wilderness First Aid

Outdoor first Aid and wilderness first aid is our specialty all our courses are delivered by fulltime outdoor instructors that are active members of mountain rescue teams from around Scotland. They are trained to a very high standard of advanced outdoor and wilderness first aid techniques.

This gives us the experience and expertise to deliver outdoor first training that is both relevant and practical for the environments that outdoor instructors climbers walkers and anyone else taking part in activities in an outdoor environment. We provide regular courses for the Glasgow Climbing Centre Nea Limits Glenshee Snow sports School and Galloway Mountain Rescue Team

Outdoor First Aid Courses

Dates

2 day outdoor first aid course £110

20th 21st Oct GlenShee 2010 Glasgow 14th-15th Oct East Kilbride

Introduction to outdoor First Aid 1 day £65

This outdoor first aid course is suitable for those people with little experience of wilderness first aid. This is the ideal first aid training for beginners walking clubs the home and workplace alike. Our 1 day outdoor first aid course will cover basic first aid and life support.

Instructor / Trainee Ratio: 1: 12 (maximum)

Covered in the 1 day course:

* Roles and responsibilities
* BLS (Basic Life Support)
* Choking
* Bleeding
* Strains/Sprains

What to carry in a first aid kit

This course can be added to take into account more of the likely injuries you may incur while taking part in your favourite sporting past times.

Emergency Outdoor First Aid 2 days 16 hours or 12 hour course

This course is suitable for those people who want to improve their skills and knowledge beyond the basics. This course is designed for people that require outdoor first ait training who are outdoor instructors or involved in sports and clubs such as horse riding, football, rugby, gymnastics and whose activities dictate that they have more than basic first aid awareness. The course will be classroom based with possible outdoor practical scenarios.

Instructor / Trainee Ratio: 1: 12 (maximum)

Covered in the 2 day course:

* Roles and responsibilities
* BLS (Basic Life Support)
* Care of the unconscious casualty
* Management of Shock
* Choking
* Bleeding and Circulation
* Burns
* Effects of Heat and Cold
* Fractures
* Strains/Sprains

What to carry in an outdoor first aid kit

This course covers the outdoor first aid training requirements laid out by a number of governing bodies including MLTB SMBLA BCU and BASI.

These courses can be adapted to take into account the environment that your staff and instructors will be required to work in.

An example of this was when working with Nea limits we looked at the situations and environments they were working in and took their staff in to their local canyon. Once there they took part in a couple of workshops both in and out of the water. This gave them an unrivalled experience of working with live casualties in their working environment away from the class room not to mention being fun.