Forestry and Outdoor First Aid (2 Days)
Forestry / Outdoor Pursuits 2 day First Aid course meets the requirements laid down by many outdoor pursuits as it covers primary and secondary care and adapted to the outdoor world where the emergency services may be harder to access. We also offer a shorter course if that is all you require or other specific workplace courses.
We offer this course as a practical or blended course where students complete our an online course then attend a practical course to practice the skills that have been learnt online both in the classroom and or Outdoor settoing
All our first aid courses fully meet the UK and European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2015 as per the HSE requirements. We can offer it with a Regulated First Aid at work or Emergency First aid Certificate or as a +F-FAW or +F-EFAW Qualification.
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 and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.
Occupations That Use This Course
Watersports instructors
SCUBA instructors
Mountain climbers
Outdoor pursuits instructors and students
Forestry workers (All +F Elements Included)
Topics Covered include
Introductory First Aid Training
Fears of First Aid
Asking Permission to Help
Scene Safety
Chain of Survival
ABCD's
Taking a Pulse and Respiration rate.
Initial Assessment
Recovery / Safe Airway Position
Stop Think Act
Barriers (Infection Control)
Face Shields
Adult Bag Mask (optional)
Outdoor First Aid Kits
Dealing with an Emergency away from EMS support
Deciding to move a patient or not
Safe Evacuation Plans
Cardiac Arrest
Adult, Child, Infant CPR
Adult CPR Hand Over
Compression-Only CPR
AED Introduction
Choking Training
Conscious Adult, Child, Infant Choking
Unconscious Adult, Child, Infant Choking
Bleeding Control (Use and improvisation of Dressings & Slings)
Types of Bleeding
Serious Bleeding (Haemstatic Dressings & Tourniquet use)
Internal bleeding
minor bleeding
Other Injuries
Secondary Care Ongoing Assessments for Injury and Illness
Illness Assessment
Strains, Sprains and Soft Tissue Injuries
Adult Fractures (Use and improvisation of Splints)
Crush and Suspension Trauma
Head Injury
Eye Injuries
Spinal, Chest and Pelvis Injuries
Allergies & Anaphylaxis (EpiPen Adrenaline Autoinjector)
Poisioning
Insect Bites, Ticks and Lyme Disease
Burns
Heat and Cold Emergencies
Shock
Diabetes
Asthma (Use and improvisation of patients medication)
Heart problems (Use and improvisation of patients medication)
Stroke
Epilepsy and Seizures
Injury management in an outdoor situation
Incident management scenarios