External Activity Sanctioned By Club
Event: 2-Day Outdoor First Aid Course
Dates: 26th and 27th April 2025
Time: 09:30 to 18:30
Location: Rhodes Minnis, Canterbury
Responsible External Coach: Adtrex Ltd
Cost: £115.00 for the course
Outdoor First Aid presents rescuers with the unique situation of prolonged care of a patient in a remote area before help arrives. This means that the rescuer is responsible for providing first aid care for the victim until help arrives.
The rescuer may be faced with many challenges, including:
· The need to improvise first aid equipment and supplies because not all of them will be available in remote environments.
· The need to provide long-term care because help may not arrive for hours.
· The need to provide emergency care when there are no emergency supplies or equipment available.
The 16-hour outdoor first aid course will contain some classroom learning of first aid but will also be practical with the realistic casualty scenarios in order to bring the course to life and provide a practical way of learning how to provide first aid.
Previous experience required: None.
Assessment: Continuous Assessment takes place during this course along with a multiple choice question paper.
Qualifications
· 16 Hour Level 2 Venturer Medicine First Aid and adheres to a Level 2 Expedition Care Programmes
Course Literature
As part of the course you will also receive a copy of First Aid and Wilderness Medicine written by renowned experts Drs Jim Duff and Peter Gormly, this guidebook describes basic first aid techniques for those travelling in wilderness areas. Deals with fundamentals such as preparation, prevention, first aid kits and provides details on how to deal with a variety of accidents and illnesses.
· Organisations Recognising the Qualification
This course is recognised by all outdoor governing bodies e.g. MLTB, BCU (Paddle UK), IRATA, RYA etc. as well as exceeding the recommendations for the HSE recognised Emergency First Aid at Work course.
Important
This activity is not run or organised by Pirates Canoe Club, this event in the calendar is just a place holder to allow organisation of group by those who are attending. It must be noted that this activity is not covered by club insurance. The coach should be covered by PUK Coaching insurance, this is not the clubs responsibility to check.
Paddlesport has inherent risks associated with it. By registering for this event you are acknowledging these risks.
This Activity is facilitated or promoted by the club that is delivered by a non-affiliated* external provider.
The external provider is responsible for managing safety, enforcing rules and making informed decisions in response to changing conditions or emergencies.
Participants are expected to follow the instructions of the person/people responsible for the activity, to act responsibly, follow club rules, support each other and the general safety of all participants.
Insurance is required by the external provider.
