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16hr (NGB) Wilderness First Aid course
Fri, 16 Feb
|Location is TBD
The course exceeds the requirements of NGB outdoor instructor awards e.g. LL, HML, ML, RCI, BCU, RYA, IML, MIA. This course is recommended for any supervisors or assessors of DofE expedition participants because of the potentially remote nature of DofE expeditions.
Time & Location
16 Feb 2024, 09:00 – 17 Feb 2024, 16:00
Location is TBD
About the Event
This comprehensive first aid course will cover a range of topics including the following and much more: Risk and scene assessment including triage using DRAB, AVPU. CPR and AED assessment and use. Group management. Remote casualty management. Self-help/evacuation techniques. Remote CPR and management. Head to toe trauma assessment and management. Spine and neck injury, immobilisation, and management. Emotional and equipment preparation. Bleeding, including catastrophic bleeding and tourniquet use, including tourniquet improvisation and management. Breakages, types, detection, immobilisation, and management. Shock, types, diagnosis, and treatment. Hypo/hyperthermia. Casualty evacuation methods and improvisation including enacted scenarios. Casualty scenarios, response, and treatment. Remote safety equipment types and use. First aid kits, contents guidance and much more...