Outdoor First Aid Training

Emergency First Aid  Courses for Expeditions and remote environments

Level 1 - Explorer First Aid

This 1-day basic course is designed to give the individual a grounding in remote medicine. This course exceeds the recommendations for the HSE approved Emergency First Aid at Work course and is valid for a period of 3 years.

Duration: 1 Day

Subjects include:
Course introduction & Administration 
Aims & Responsibilities of the First Responder 
Priorities of Treatment 
Primary & Secondary Assessment 
Adult Resuscitation 
Airway Obstruction 
Scenario 
Bleeding 
Shock 
Basic Wilderness Fractures 
Expedition Hygiene 
Extremes of Temperature

Level 2 - Exploration Medicine First Aid

This 2-day course is designed for exploration geologists, base camp staff, field assistants for use in more remote regions (to assist team medics) and new country/first entry teams visiting a new country or location for project scoping. 

Duration - 2 Days

Subjects include:
  • Course introduction & Administration 
  • Aims & Responsibilities Responder 
  • Priorities of Treatment 
  • Primary & Secondary Assessment 
  • Adult Resuscitation 
  • Airway Obstruction Scenario 
  • Bleeding 
  • Shock 
  • Basic Remote Fractures 
  • Expedition Hygiene 
  • Wilderness Burns 
  • Extremes of Temperature
  • Intermediate Remote Fractures 
  • Spinal Injuries 
  • Altitude Medicine 
  • Evacuation Techniques 
  • Bugs, bites and bowels 
  • Tropical Medicine Common Disorders

First Response Emergency Care 

We tailor our FREC courses to ensure that they are relevant to the environments that your teams are operating in. The Qualsafe Level 3 Award in First Response Emergency Care (RQF) is a regulated and nationally recognised qualification, ideal for those looking to work or volunteer as a first responder. FREC meets the staffing requirements detailed in the ‘Purple Guide’ for Health, Safety, and Welfare at Outdoor Events and is the only Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCS Ed) Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care (FPHC) endorsed qualification listed in the ‘Purple Guide’ at PHEM D. 

Duration - 5 Days

Subjects include:
  • The Pre-Hospital Environment 
  • The role of FPOS 
  • Scene safety 
  • Minimising risk of infection 
  • Post-incident procedures 
  • Scene management - Safety - Triage
  • Patient Assessment 
  • Communicating with patients 
  • Primary survey and assessment 
  • Safe moving and handling
  • Respiration & Airway Management
  • Recognition of respiratory problems Common breathing difficulties Basic airway management
  • Use of suction 
  • Removal of crash helmets 
  • Use of oropharyngeal airways Oxygen supplementation Ventilation support Bag/valve/mask
  • Basic Life Support
  • Perform basic life support 
  • Recovery position 
  • Perform child and infant basic life support
  • Defibrillation
  • Automated external defibrillation Normal/Abnormal heart rhythms
  • Circulation & Shock
  • Recognition and initial care of haemorrhage: - Bleeding - Shock (to include faints)
  • Medical Related Emergencies
  • Recognition and initial care of: - Heart attack/angina - Diabetes - Stroke - Epilepsy - Unconscious patient - Asthma/anaphylaxis 
  • Assisting the paramedic
  • Trauma Related Emergencies 
  • Recognition and initial care of injuries to bones, joints, tendons and ligaments Recognition and initial care of burns & scalds 
  • Recognition and initial care of other trauma related injuries 
  • Skeletal stabilisation
Please contact us for further information and pricing.