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.
Dealing with Adult Choking Updated March 2022 When someone’s airway is blocked by food , snow, seaweed, toys or other material, it is a potentially life threatening incident and quick action is required. Watch our video showing how to deal with a choking adult 1. Mild choking Mild choking: encourage them to cough. If they…
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When the worst happens and you need help – NOW – there are different ways you can communicate your emergency. Think about what information you need to get across, especially if you’re in the outdoors. Where EXACTLY are you? In a building – the room name or number, floor and in the outdoors – a
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As a team of trainers, we don’t often shout from the rooftops about our backgrounds out-with the First Aid Training Co-operative. You might get told at booking that we will match you to the most appropriate trainer, or you may happen to stumble across one of us at a community or industry event. Our growing
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Updated May, 2021 A common session in all of our First Aid courses is “What should I put in my first Aid Kit?” Although there are various list of suggested contents, students are always interested in our opinion as trainers too. Ultimately, the straight answer is “include whatever you think you might need”. But how
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In this blog, we’ll look at some of the illnesses and injuries that can be caused by contact with or ingestion of plants and fungi in the UK. Nettles (Urtica dioica) Nettles are incredible things! For millennia they have been used as a food stuff, medicinal plant, raw material for natural string and textiles plus
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Tree climbing as an activity is seeing a bit of a resurgence at the moment in education and outdoor learning and we are seeing more practitioners including it in their sessions. Forest School activities wouldn’t be the same without a good tree to climb! The reason for tree climbing’s popularity is that it’s an activity
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Updated March, 2021 This blog describes risks to pregnant women during lambing season, what to watch out for and how to avoid the hazards. This advice also applies to cattle, goats and pigs although we are more likely to be closer to lambs than the young of other livestock. When is Lambing Season? From March
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Free digital first aid manual for every course participant Updated, March 2021. FREE digital first aid manual for every course participant. First Aid Training Co-operative first published our range of high quality digital first aid manuals in 2016 and these have now been updated and republished for 2021. Each of these manuals provides clear, simple,
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Updated February, 2021 First aid is the immediate help given to someone who is ill or injured. A first aider gives this immediate help to the casualty, while making sure that the casualty and those around the casualty (including themselves) are safe. Sometimes an injury is minor and a workplace first aider can manage this
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Top 10 things horse riders need to know about dealing with horse bites Here is a quick list of 10 things that you may not know about horse bites. Now you have read our blog ‘Top 10 things horse riders need to know about dealing with horse bites’ you may be interested in taking part
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