This course equips the outdoor practitioner, worker, or National Governing Body outdoor sports instructor, with the skills and techniques required to deal with a first aid incident. Both in potentially remote and challenging environments, as well as more urban, close to home situations.

A flexible, environment specific course, the content can be related to any outdoor situation and adapted to the needs of the client.

Our Outdoor First Aid course covers the requirements for -

• Forest School or Outdoor Woodland Learning Practitioners - covers child CPR, illness, choking
• Mountain Bikers Leaders and Coaches (BC, CTC, MBLA, etc)
• Mountain Leaders / Climbers and Instructors (IML, MLA, SPA, etc)
• Ski Instructors (BASI etc)
• Paddlesports coaches and instructors (BCU/SCA etc)
• Sailors (RYA)
• Forestry (+F requirements) and Ecologists
• Remote First Aid
• Wilderness First Aid
• Aquatic First Aid (BCU/SCA)
• Duke of Edinburgh Assessors and Supervisors
• Field Studies Tutors
• Expedition Leaders
• Ecologists and Environmental consultants
• Peatland restoration and upland path construction workers

Theoretical training and practical scenarios are used together, and are progressed to being based in remote locations, potentially several hours from help.  You will be very active on this course, both inside and outdoors.  Come prepared to get involved.  Check the weather forecast and bring appropriate outdoor clothing with you for going outdoors on the second day! 

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