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.
Recently our Director, Cory Jones, was interviewed by Simon Willis of Always Another Adventure during an Outdoor First Aid course that Simon was attending. Simon runs the popular – and very useful – website which includes lots of podcasts, videos, resources and a shop. Simon had attended other Outdoor First Aid courses and found ours…
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Updated May, 2023. NOTE – EMERADE AAIs RECALLED, MAY 2023. Patients, or carers of patients, who carry Emerade 300 or 500 microgram adrenaline auto-injector pens should immediately contact their GP to obtain a prescription for, and be supplied with two auto-injectors of a different brand. Pharmacists and pharmacy teams can also help with obtaining new
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What is a Crushing Injury? Dealing with crushing injuries is often complicated and time critical. Often, there is little visible damage on the outside. But this belies the fact that the damage that has occurred on the inside. Crush injuries occur when a part of the body, such as a hand, arm, leg, foot or
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How to deal with a minor amputation Updated January, 2023 A minor is where the tip of a finger or toe is severed or partially severed with only skin or other fibres holding it together. It can also apply to parts of noses or ears. Common causes of a minor amputation: A minor amputation can
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Updated January 2023 Most of us at one time or another have experienced a splinter. Next time you have a run-in with an old bit of furniture or the log pile, check out our guide below on how to remove the shard with minimum fuss. How To Remove A Splinter: We would recommend getting medical advice
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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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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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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
Updated August, 2022 We are constantly told that dehydration is bad for you. Lack of concentration, fatigue, headaches and loss of physical performance are all effects that we are told about, usually by drinks companies, but is dehydration dangerous? A quick google reveals a lot of confusing information, not least due to myths around the
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Dr Henry Heimlich used his Heimlich manoeuvre to save life for first time at age 96. Dr Henry Heimlich used the anti-choking technique that bears his name to dislodge a piece of hamburger from a woman’s airway in his retirement home. The surgeon who gave his name to the simple but dramatic procedure used to
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