Active First Aid

Active First Aid for adventurers

This course deals with accidents and illnesses and how to manage them when people are in unfamiliar territory or further away from help. It is ideal for Gap Year, Adventurous holidays, Extreme sports, Duke of Edinburgh, World Challenge…

This course is for anyone who wants to know what action to take when treating adults or young people who have had an accident, or become ill, when further away from immediate help.

The course covers emergency life support procedures for adults and young people as well as commonly occurring injuries and illnesses and advice as to how to manage them if help is not immediately available. We are also very hapyp to research intended destinations and adapt the course to cover health hazards associated with particular activities or destinations.

• Action at an emergency – priorities of treatment
• Care of the adult or child who is unconscious but breathing – Recovery position
• Care of the adult who is unconscious and not breathing – CPR (differences between adult, baby & child CPR)
• Care of a casualty with a possible spinal injury
• Heart Attack and angina
• Treatment for choking
• Treatment of bleeding, grazes, embedded objects, teeth knocked out, nose bleeds, amputated parts, eye injuries…
• Burns
• Treatment of various bites and stings
• Treatment of fainting, head injuries, chest pains and stroke
• Recognition and treatment of shock including allergic reaction
• Head injuries – skull fracture, compression and concussion
• Asthma, diabetes, meningitis, epilepsy and other seizures
• Bone, muscle and joint injuries – breaks, sprains, strains and dislocations

Approx. 3 hours

Continuous assessment by trainer. Certificate valid for 3 years