FAA Level 3 Award in Outdoor First Aid (RFQ) - 2 Day Course

This comprehensive course covers a wide range of First Aid emergencies, enabling all participants to deal with emergency situations with confidence in a prompt, safe and effective way, particularly where professional medical help is not immediately available. Anyone is welcome to join onto this course that wants to really push their understanding of outdoor and wilderness first aid and there is plenty of practical scenarios ensure you put the learning into practice.

This course meets the requirements for Outdoor First Aid and is the UK’s standard qualification for anyone working as instructors or teachers in outdoors, remote or foreign environments or for individuals that work or spend time in remote locations looking to really further their understanding of first aid, as set out by Mountain Training, British Canoeing, RYA and other awarding bodies, including Bronze, Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh awards. Plenty of practical scenarios ensure you put the learning into practice.

A range of outdoor First Aid related subjects are covered including:

• What is outdoor first aid?

• First aid equipment

• Incident management

• Scene survey

• Summon assistance

• Primary survey and secondary survey

• Life threatening bleeding

• Resuscitation

• Respiratory disorders

• Wounds and bleeding

• Head and spinal injuries

• Chest and abdominal injuries

• Monitoring

• Major illness

• Minor injuries

• Burns

• Hot and cold injuries

• Poisoning

• Eye injuries

• Bites and stings

The course is assessed by continual observation of candidate performance. There will be an element of assessment included in the course so that upon successful completion you’ll receive an FAA Level 3 Award in Outdoor First Aid certificate which is valid for up to 3 years.

Date; 02 Nov 2024, 09:00 – 03 Nov 2024, 18:00

Location; Celtic Woodlands , Road Wood, Maesmynis, Builth Wells LD2 3HP, UK