Immersion Hypothermia Short Course

Cold Water shock has increasingly been in the news and social media realms of late. This course is designed to give participants with existing first aid qualifications additional information and practical experience of the stages of Cold Water Shock and Hypothermia.

Hypothermia is defined as a core body temperature of less than 35 degrees Celsius. Normal body temperature ranges from 36 to 38 degrees Celsius.  In normal conditions the body can maintain and keep stable the normal temperatures. However, after prolonged heat loss and low temperatures, the body’s core temperature can slowly begin to fall. Without intervention or change in environment the body can undergo significant permanent damage including death

Suitable for those who’ve already completed a 2 day Outdoor First Aid Course. These courses include a deeper level of understanding of the body’s physiological response to cold water immersion, as well as how best to rescue and treat a casualty who has been immersed in cold water.

The Immersion Hypothermia course is a fantastic way of extending your knowledge, through learning about and experiencing for yourself, the effects of cold water. Extremely valuable CPD for anyone who is involved in any sort of water sport.

Re-warming a cold casualty

Why choose the First Aid Training Co-operative?

Our ISO9001 registration, robust Quality Assurance procedure, large team of highly experience trainers based across the country, and many years of experience make us the best choice for your first aid training requirements.

As well as this, we provide:

  • Unique training for specific sectors, delivered by experts, and not provided by anyone else
  • Cost effective courses that are fully immersive!
  • All course participants are provided with a free digital first aid manual

We only run these courses for private groups, such as kayak clubs, open water swimming or triathlon clubs, sailing or surfing clubs etc, and we’re delighted to run a course at your venue. We run private Immersion Hypothermia courses over 6 hours and include some Basic Life Support training as the first half of the day to contextualise them for all participants.

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