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SURVIVING ADVENTURE™

Aim

To train the adventure traveller, outdoor enthusiast and Gap Year student to manage a medical emergency while off the beaten path or in a remote location.

Entry Criteria

None

Course Overview

The Surviving Adventure™ course has been designed to give individuals with little or no medical experience, the confidence and understanding to manage an emergency medical situation when travelling off the beaten track or in a remote environment.  The course runs over two days and aims to give an understanding of how to react to and manage a medical emergency.

Surviving Adventure is high energy and very 'hands on' and, once the practicals and initial lectures are complete, the course progresses to a series of fully realistic exercises. These are designed to give first-hand experience of what an emergency situation feels like, and how to manage one from start to finish. Key to the whole course is the fact that each and every lecture and scenario is presented by a medic, mountaineer or former Special Forces member who has encountered such a scenario first hand. 

Course Content includes

  • Role of the first aider
  • First aid kits and emergency medical equipment
  • Safety at scene
  • Recognition and managment of haemorrhage
  • Assessment and management of breathing problems
  • Assessment of ciruclation problems
  • Assessment and management of fractures
  • Casualty evacuation and stretchers
  • Management of burns
  • Assessment and management of hypothermia
  • Adult choking, Basic Life Support and recovery position
  • Recognition and management of common medical emergencies

  • Wilderness survival and health care in remote areas

Certification

HSE Emergency First Aid at Work Certificate

The course provides sixteen hours of medical training relating to outdoors and adventurous activities.  As such, it provides the first aid training requirements of UK National Governing Bodies such as MLTB, SPA, BCU, BOF, Mountain Bike Leader & DOE. 

Duration

Two Days

Course Dates

  • 1 - 2 May 2010

  • 18 - 19 September 2010

  • 4 - 5 December 2010

Cost

£175 (inclusive of VAT)

We can also offer full board ensuite accommodation for £50 per night (shared basis)

 

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