The 2 day (16 hour) Outdoor First Aid course is a standard course for outdoor instructors. This series of blogs will help those who work in the outdoors to learn more about adapting first aid skills to their environment.
Whether taking groups hill walking, mountain biking, canoeing, kayaking or ski-ing this is the course for outdoor instructors. The course is also appropriate for Forest Schools and Outdoor Woodland Learning groups, countryside rangers, ecologists and estate workers.
Agriculture and forestry are high-risk careers. Agriculture and forestry accidents are commonplace. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) figures show that the agriculture and forestry sectors are the highest risk occupations in the UK. In 2016/17 this sector had 27 fatal injuries with 13,000 non- fatal injuries occurring. Most businesses now carry out risk assessments to…
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Have you ever had a stuck ring that will just not come off? Perhaps you have already tried water and washing up liquid, Vaseline and even elevating your arm above your head for a few minutes – and it still wont budge! Maybe you have injured or burnt the finger and need to get the
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Since 2013 the Health and Safety Executive has not approved first aid training providers, making it a little harder to know how to choose a first aid training provider. To help make a decision we have outlined below key factors you should consider. All first aid training providers will need to be able – and
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Year of Young People 2018 Year of Young People 2018 is an opportunity for generations to come together and celebrate our nation’s young people. Lets make a difference with Scotland Year of Young People and think about child safety. One of the lead themes of the Year of Young People is ‘Health and Wellbeing’ making
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First Aid At Work Level 3, And First Aid At Work Level 6. What Is The Difference? First Aid At Work Level 3, And First Aid At Work Level 6. What Is The Difference? In this blog we’ll explain the differences, and answer a question we get asked a lot: What are the equivalences of
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First Aid Regulations in Northern Ireland The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 were been updated by the Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) and since 31 October 2017 the new regulations were enforced. The main changes to the First Aid Regulations in Northern Ireland will bring Northern Ireland in line the
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Bushcraft First Aid – Top 5 issues you may need to deal with. First Aid skills are essential survival skills. When you’re out in the wilds you can’t just dial 999, you need to know how to be your own first responder. Learn some Bushcraft First Aid. For those taking part in outdoor adventures and
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Accreditation and Equivalences of Outdoor First Aid Courses It is over 25 years since I attended my first Outdoor First Aid course. Over the years I have, like most instructors of hill walking, climbing, paddling, biking and skiing I have done a course every three years. This keeps my National Governing Bodies awards valid. I
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Automated external defibrillators (AED) are an important lifesaving technology and have a role in treating workplace cardiac arrest. Most sudden cardiac deaths occur outside of the hospital and statistically 5% of all Sudden Cardiac Arrests (SCA’s) will occur in the workplace. That amounts to 100 people every week in the UK alone! At the moment
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Electric Shocks: Signs and Symptoms Guide In the age which we currently live we’re dependent on electricity for almost everything. We cannot forget, however, that electricity is dangerous if handled incorrectly. Thankfully statistics show that the number of electricity-related injuries in the workplace are at a record low, but these incidents are not completely gone.
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