Outdoor First Aid (16h)
Date/Time
Date(s) - October 16, 2027 - October 17, 2027
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
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Location
Maidenhead: Bray Business Centre
Tags First Aid, outdoor, paediatric
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Outdoor First Aid – 16 hours
This 16 hour course is suitable for anyone working in an Outdoor environment.
This qualification indicates an individual can undertake the role of Outdoor First Aider in the more rural and remote areas of the British Isles where professional emergency assistance may be more than 10 minutes away.
This 16 hour Outdoor course syllabus complies with the syllabus as laid down by a range of Governing Bodies for Outdoor Sports such as:
RYA (non-commercial)
Mountain Leader
BCU (British Canoeing)
You may optionally add a 12 hour Ofsted / EYFS compliant Paediatric First Aid Certificate
You may optionally add a 6 hour Emergency First Aid at Work Certificate
Students that pass will be awarded with a 4 Minutes 16 hour Outdoor First Aid Certificate valid for 3 years. Certificates are provided in PDF form to allow easy sharing and may be printed out for framing.
This course is aligned with the Institute of Outdoor Learning’s Statement of Good Practice for Outdoor First Aid at Band 3
It takes place 0900 – 1800hrs each day.
Venue: Bray Business Centre, Weirbank, Bray SL6 2ED
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This course is designed to provide outdoor incident management skills. Typical delivery methods are predominantly practical, with elements occurring out of doors in outdoor clothing and on various terrains.
Minimum age for attending is 16, however there may be specific age limits within your workplace and you may also need to be 17 or over to be included in staffing ratios. Check before you Book.
Directions: Directions to the venue will be sent by email once the Booking is made. There is plenty of parking at the venue. Bicycles may also be stored inside during the course. A bus runs through Bray – it is a 20 minutes walk to the venue from the nearest stop.
Accessibility: The venue is on the ground floor. The door to the training room and the kitchen across the corridor have a 15cm/6″ threshold. The car park is made up but with a loose surface. Assistance is available. Please do let us know ahead of time if needed and we will accommodate you as best we can.
Refreshments: Instant coffee, tea, squash and biscuits are provided. Please bring lunch and/or other drinks. A kitchen with a microwave is available.
Syllabus
All these Learning Outcomes are geared towards an Outdoor setting.
‘casualty’ means Adult or Child. It also means Infant when Paediatric training is also Booked.
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of the First Aider
- Be able to assess an emergency situation and prioritise what action to take
- Help a casualty who is unresponsive and breathing normally
- Assist a casualty who is experiencing a seizure
- Help a casualty who is unresponsive and not breathing normally (including agonal breathing)
- Help a casualty who is choking
- Identify when choking is mild and severe
- Administer first aid to a casualty who is choking
- Help a casualty who is bleeding
- Help a casualty who is suffering from shock caused by severe blood loss (hypovolaemic shock)
- Understand how to administer first aid to a casualty with bites, stings and minor injuries
- Help a casualty who is suffering from anaphylactic shock
- Help a casualty who has had an electric shock
- Help a casualty who has burns or scalds
- Help a casualty who has a suspected fracture
- Help a casualty with head, neck or back injuries
- Help a casualty who is suspected of being poisoned
- Help a casualty with a foreign body in eyes, ears or nose
- Help a casualty with an eye injury
- Help a casualty with a bite or sting
- Help a casualty who is suffering from the effects of extreme heat or cold
- Help a casualty having: a diabetic emergency; an asthma attack; an allergic reaction; meningitis; and/or febrile convulsions (Paediatric only)
- Understand the role and responsibilities of the first aider (including appropriate contents of a first aid box and the need for recording accidents and incidents)