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.
What is Secondary Drowning? Can you drown on dry land? Recently a man ‘drowned’ on dry land at the wheel of his car hours after capsizing while canoeing. Recently Alan Gough, 57, swallowed water when his canoe overturned but he swam back to shore without a problem. A few hours later he collapsed and after…
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There are 368,000 people in Scotland currently receiving treatment for asthma. Of these, 72,000 (1 in 13 of the total population) are children and 296,000 (1 in 14 of the total population) are adults. 37,000 people in Scotland have severe asthma symptoms. Asthma attacks During the warmer months, pollen count and air pollution levels increase
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Mountain Biking Accidents and Statistics Many accidents escalate due to a small incident being compounded by another small incident. A minor repair can be simple to deal with, however in combination with poor weather, a tired group near the end of a long day, in fading light; these factors together can quickly turn onto an
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