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These +F First Aid blogs are useful to those who work for, or are contractors to, the forestry and land management sectors. These will include hints and tips about first aid skills, dealing with accidents, and emergency planning in remote settings. All these skills are taught on our +F First Aid courses.

Forestry Commission requires all first aid courses to contain a plus Forestry (+F) element. This includes content like majors blood loss management, Lyme Disease, hypothermia, crush injuries and emergency planning.

Each blog in this category is full of content designed to help practical workers deal with stressful first aid situations in forestry or agricultural environments.

Our first aid courses are practical and hands on. The best way to learn a practical skill is to do it!

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What Makes Forestry First Aid Different to Conventional First Aid at Work?

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People working in forestry industries should attend forestry first aid training that includes additional topics relevant to the higher risks and remoteness of their work. In addition, the Forestry Commission in England, Natural Resources Wales and Forestry and Land Scotland require contractors working on their land to have additional and specific elements in their first…

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First Aid Guide: Managing Catastrophic Bleeding

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In this post we’re going to look in more depth at Managing Catastrophic Bleeding, how it differs from ‘Significant’ bleeding, and what should be done to manage it. Catastrophic bleeding is becoming more a part of the public consciousness thanks to increasing numbers of terrorism incidents and incidents involving mass casualties such as natural disasters

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Advice on Adder Bites

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Last updated: August, 2023 Advice on Adder Bites In this blog, we’ll discuss bites from Adders – the UK’s only venomous snake, and something you may well see if out walking – if you are lucky! They usually like to bask in the sun on rocks, and will be more surprised to see you than

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First Aid for Chainsaw Injury

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Updated December, 2022. Chainsaws are potentially dangerous and a chainsaw injury can be fatal if not treated immediately. The vast majority of chainsaw users work responsibly and with care, but accidents do happen. It has been a long day and you’re tired, if the weather is wet and cold slips are more likely, the job

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First Aid for Lightning Strike

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Updated September, 2022. What is lightning? Lightning strikes happen when positively charged particles form in a cloud and clash with negatively charged particles in the same cloud creating a a giant spark – lightning. The clash may also be as a result of different charges between the cloud and the earth below it. The spark

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Leptospirosis and Weil’s disease awareness for forestry workers, agricultural contractors and estate workers

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Updated August, 2022 We think less about Weil’s disease infections these days and more about Lyme Disease. The number of infections is relatively low compared to something like Lyme disease. However, the figures of Weil’s disease infections reported via the Health Protection Agency show 3-4 recorded occurrence’s each year in Scotland but 50 in the

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