Outdoor First Aid Courses
These outdoor first aid courses are suitable for anyone with an interest in providing emergency First Aid, and are perfect for instructors needing to keep their NGB qualifications valid. We use realistic first aid scenarios that are designed to match the situations that you are likely to encounter, whether you are an individual, instructor, activity leader, scout, family, or commercial organisation. As well as teaching the key techniques listed below, you will spend a lot of time on each course outdoors, putting your skills to the test away from the comfort of the classroom, and seeing how they hold up in a real-world situation. You can expect to find diabetic walkers inconveniently situated between the trees, kayakers stranded on riverbanks, and climbers on rocky outcrops.
Training includes:
- The "ABC"s of first aid - Basic first aid procedures
- CPR - How to keep someone alive
- Casualty Handling - Preventing further injury and protecting the spine
- Splints, breaks, traumas - Coping with injuries
- Asthma, Angina, Heart Attack - Illnesses that a first aider will be able to treat
- Diabetes - Preventing and dealing with diabetic problems.
- Plenty of Scenarios!
These 16 outdoor hour first aid courses meet the requirements of the national governing bodies for outdoor pursuits instructors:
- MLTUK - Mountain Leader Training Board
- SPA - Single Pitch Award
- BCU - British Canoe Union Star Awards and Coaching Awards
- RYA - Royal Yachting Association Instructor
- British Orienteering Federation, etc...
Course Duration & Cost
This is a two day course. Closed group bookings start from £780 for a group of up to twelve people.
Course Dates
Available upon request at your workplace, club or suitable location. Please contact us for more information or to make a booking.
Pre-requisites
No previous experience is required, and no prior knowledge is assumed.
What our customers say...
Very good instructors and a very thorough course. It was very much enjoyed. Thomas Swift.
"I felt really well looked after on the course and enjoyed the relaxed yet professional atmosphere.” Outdoor First Aid Training, Windermere 2008.
"I feel much more confident about my ability to respond in an emergency after my Rockmonkey outdoor first aid course. There was lots of opportunity to practise and the scenarios were all realistic and aimed towards us as Kayakers. I had to put my First Aid skills to use sooner than expected when one of the members of our group dislocated her shoulder on a river trip a few months after the course. We knew to get her away from the river to somewhere safe, call for help, support her arm so that it was as comfortable as possible, keep her talking and ensure she and the rest of the group were warm and dry. We were definitely more prepared to deal with this than we would have been without the course. Thank you Rockmonkey! Jess, Durham
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