2 Day Outdoor First Aid Course

RQF Level 3
3 Year Qualification
16 Hour Course

Day 1 Schedule

• Responsibilities of the first aider
• Incident management
• Priorities of treatment
• Primary assessment
• Secondary assessment
• Resuscitation techniques
• Heart attack
• Shock
• Airway obstruction
• Bleeding/bandaging
• Wilderness burns
• Basic wilderness fractures
• Extremes of temperature
• Scenarios

Day 2 Schedule

• Intermediate remote fractures
• Spinal injuries
• Altitude medicine
• Expedition hygiene
• Bites and stings
• Evacuation techniques
• Recap on first day
• Scenarios