Terms
This course has been developed to provide training for emergency situations not only medical ones, Which may occur while working, travelling or participating in outdoor activities and help could be sometime/ distance away.
Such as expeditions & gap year projects, this course also covers the equirements
of camp America & Australian wilderness camps.
The Wilderness Emergency first aid
course is taught over two days & two nights at our base camp style training facility
in the East Sussex country side. It is a practical based course with as little theory
as possible, we find that students take in far more from hands on learning.
This course covers all the requirements of the HSE Emergency First Aid certificate.
This
course is recognised as appropriate training for MLTUK, ML Summer and Winter Awards,
Single Pitch Supervisors Award, RYA, BCU, BASI,
ASSI,BOF,and by most other Governing Bodies.
The course includes instruction in :
HSE approved first aid training
Bushcraft & Survival
Wilderness
Emergencies
Improvised Rescue techniques
This course has no entry requirements
Information
All our courses are run at our base camp style training facility in the
East Sussex countryside as fully residential, or at a venue of your choice for groups.
The accommodation for this residential course is arranged in traditional canvas bell
tents & tunnel tents,We also supply camp beds for all students giving maximum comfort
in a wilderness environment.
There will be chances to sleep out if you so wish & you
are welcome to bring your own shelters.
All the food for the course is supplied & you will cook this over open fires. (special dietary requirements,you are required to bring with you)
First Aid content:
Basic life support
Vital signs – conscious level, breathing, pulse, temperature,colour
Emergency action – a methodical system to manage emergencies
Airway problems – recognising & managing airway problems
Breathing problems – coping with choking
Circulation problems – shock,chest pain,collapsing,heart stoppage
Unconsciousness – collapsing, what can it be? what do you do?
Bleeding – treating bleeding from open wounds
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) -
Fractures – splinting & dressing
Head & spinal injuries – Cervical collars & dressing
Environmental illnesses – Hypothermia & Hyperthermia
First aid kits and contents for the wilderness/remote
Bushcraft/ Survival/ Camp craft & Rescue Content
Shelter building -
Fire starting -
Open fire Cooking -
Transportation of casualties -
Details:
Clothing & Equipment list will be forwarded with booking conformation. (Required
equipment available to hire)
Arrival time 1900 (7pm) on the first day of the course.
Departure aprox 1700 (5pm)
on the last day.
Free transportation is available from Polegate railway station.
