Remote Emergency Care & Wilderness First Aid

Our Remote Emergency Care courses are designed for everyone from family members on outings to expedition first aiders in the remotest of locations. We have designed 5 different levels of course to meet everyones requirements. Your course will run by a highly experienced and commended expedition medic.

Basic Outdoor First Aid – Level 1

Duration:
1 Day

This 1-day course is designed to give individuals a practical introduction to first aid. This course exceeds the recommendations for the HSE recognised Appointed Person in the workplace and is valid for a period of 3 years.

Who
should do this course?

We have designed this course for anyone who is new to first aid, whether they work or just play outdoors. From Arborists to Zoologists, walking the dog or on a camping holiday with the kids, this is a course full of knowledge you may just find useful one day.

  • Subjects Covered in the Course:
  • Course introduction & administration
  • Aims & Responsibilities of the First Aider (including legal
    considerations)
  • Personal Protection
  • Priorities of Treatment (ABCDE)
  • Unconscious patient
  • Airway Obstruction
  • Recovery Position
  • Bleeding
  • Shock
  • Fractures
  • Burns
  • Spinal Injuries
  • CPR
  • Getting Help

Intermediate First Aid – Level 2

Duration: 2 Days

This 2-day intermediate course is designed for group
leaders and teachers working in Britain’s remote areas. This course exceeds the
recommendations for the HSE recognised Appointed Person in the workplace.

Who should do this course?

This course is for outdoor professionals and enthusiasts who may require more than basic first aid due to their distance from immediate professional medical help.
Subjects Covered in the Course:

  • Course introduction & administration
  • Aims & Responsibilities of the First Aider (including legal
    considerations)
  • Personal Protection
  • Priorities of Treatment (ABCDE)
  • Unconscious patient
  • Airway Obstruction
  • Recovery Position
  • Bleeding
  • Shock
  • Fractures
  • Burns
  • Spinal Injuries
  • CPR
  • CPR when far from
    help (discussion)
  • Common Disorders
  • Bites & Stings
  • Anaphylaxis
    (including use of EpiPen)
  • Wound management
  • Diabetes –
    Hypo/Hyper
  • Temperature
    extremes (heat and cold injuries)
  • Seizures
  • Vital
    Signs/monitoring
  • Medical Equipment
    & Pain Relief
  • Improvised
    Evacuation Techniques/fracture management

Intermediate First Aid – Level 3

Duration: 3 Days

This 3-day intermediate course is designed for group leaders and teachers working in the UK or overseas in remote areas. This course
complies with the HSE guidelines for First Aid at Work.

Subjects Covered in the Course:

  • Aims & Responsibilities of the First Aider (including legal
    considerations)
  • Personal Protection
  • Priorities of Treatment (ABCDE)
  • Unconscious patient
  • Airway Obstruction
  • Asthma
  • Bleeding
  • Shock
  • Fractures
  • Burns
  • Head and Spinal Injuries
  • CPR
    and Automatic External Defibrillator use (AED)
  • CPR when far from
    help (discussion)
  • Common Disorders
  • Bites & Stings
  • Anaphylaxis
    (including use of EpiPen)
  • Wound management
  • Diabetes –
    Hypo/Hyper
  • Heart Disease
  • Stroke
  • Seizures
  • Drowning
  • Vital
    Signs/monitoring
  • Recording
    accidents at work
  • RIDDOR (reporting of injuries diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations)
  • Written and
    practical exams

Advanced Expedition First Aid – Level 4

Course Date 23 & 30 October 9am – 4pm

Duration: 2 Days

This 2 day course is designed for group leaders working overseas. Leaders
would have standard expedition first aid equipment but need to be self reliant.
They would need to deal with medical problems from blisters to life threatening
situations.

To enrol on this course students must have done a basic first aid course
within the last 2 years.

Subjects Covered in the Course:

  • Introduction/Registration
  • Expedition Medical Planning
  • Vital
    Signs/monitoring including blood pressure
  • Medical Reports
  • Spinal management and
    transportation
  • Vehicle Scene Safety and
    Extrication
  • Hypothermia
  • Altitude related illness
    (HAPE/HACE)
  • Cold injuries
  • Heat injuries
  • Animal related illness (bites
    and stings – including malaria)
  • Wound care
  • Extended Casualty Care
  • Written Paper
  • Practical Assessments

Advanced Expedition First Aid – Level 5

Duration: 2 Days

This 2 day course is designed for group leaders working overseas. Leaders would have standard expedition first aid equipment but need to be self reliant. They would need to deal with medical problems from blisters to life threatening situations. To enrol on this course students must have completed a level 4 (or equivalent) course within the last 2 years.
Subjects Covered in the Course:

  • Introduction/Registration
  • Managing dislocations and
    major fractures (e.g. femur, pelvis)
  • Ottawa ankle rules
  • Helmet removal
  • Patient immobilisation
    (including cervical collar)
  • Extended Triage
  • Improvised splinting
  • Long term care
  • Communication with Doctor
  • Medical gases awareness
  • Drug use on expeditions,
    including injectable
  • Written Paper
  • Practical Scenarios