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L4 16 hour First Aid
2 Day(s)

Ocean Plaza, Marine Parade, Southport PR8 1SB, UK
£125.00
Start Date
10/12/2022
Start Time
9:00 AM
End Time
5:00 PM
L4 16 hour First Aid
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The course is being delivered in line with REC syllabus requirements for the REC L2 16 hour  First Aid course. ( LEVEL 4 will be added for those requiring an overseas expedition qualification ) The course outline below is therefore based on these syllabus requirements but please give us advance notification of any other subjects you would like to see included, or if you need any specific in country advice.

Morning and afternoon tea/coffee will be provided during the course

As most of the course will be delivered outside, please ensure that warm and waterproof clothing is brought together with clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty and wet.

Accommodation can be booked direct with the lodge at 18.00 for the Saturday night

 The centre is next to KFC, McDonalds and Pizza Hut and there is a pub serving a carvery approximately 300 yards away

 

DAY 1

SUBJECT

OBSERVATIONS

0900 - 0930

Introductions

Test

Domestic arrangements

First Aid questionnaire to assess basic knowledge

0930 – 1230

 

First Aid Refresher Course (Theory)

 

This is an indoor session with practical elements for choking and CPR training equipment. Medical illnesses will also be covered including: heart attack, angina, asthma, epilepsy, diabetes

Includes  break at about 1030

1230 - 1300

Lunch

.

1300 - 1400

Casualty Evaluation

Safe Airway position

Practical skill observation

1400 - 1430

Bandaging

Practical skill observation

1430 - 1500

First Aid kits & equipment

Delegates can bring their own first Aid kits and other equipment for group discussion

1500 – 15.15

Break

 

1515 - 17.00

Casualty Evaluation

Safe Airway position

CPR

Re-cap, evaluation of practical skills 

Evening

 

Homework task

DAY 2

 

 

0900 – 12.00

First Aid Refresher Course (Outdoor Scenarios)

Outdoor practical scenarios – outdoor clothing is required as we’ll be outdoors regardless of weather conditions.

1030 – 10.45

Break

 

1200 – 13.00

Medical Conditions

Malaria
Diarrhoea
Lymes Disease
Dengue 
FeverLeptospirosis
Rabies

AMS
HAPE
HACE
Drugs
Frostbite
Schistosomiasis 

1300 – 13.30

Lunch

 

1400 – 14.45

Theoretical scenario exercise

The delegates will split into sub-teams and be given a written brief containing details of an incident which might have occurred on a trek/expedition. Sufficient time will be allocated before teams make their presentations. An element of assessment is required for the course and this exercise contributes towards this requirement.

14.45 -  1500

Break

 

1500 – 15.30

Temperature related conditions

Hypothermia 

Hyperthermia – Heat Exhaustion – Heat Stroke

Burns

15.30 -16.00

Practical assessment

Casualty evaluation / Safe airway position / CPR / Defibrillator practice

1600 - 1615

FA test

First Aid questionnaire to assess basic knowledge

1615 - 1630

Summing up….

Course questionnaire

1630

Close of course

 

 




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