The only course we offer Nationally

Outdoor & Remote First Aid,

Including Lone Worker Adaptations

A 15 hour assessed course in Outdoor and Remote First Aid with additional adaptations for applying this training to yourself when working alone, more than 10 minutes from your colleagues, or are the only trained first aider in the group.

Outdoor & Remote First Aid, Including Lone Worker Adaptations

A unique course, designed in collaboration with Industry, to answer the question;

“How do we ensure we meet our UK legal requirements for the provision of First Aid to our employees when they are working on data collection and research alone, in small groups or abroad?”

This course includes all the content of Outdoor & Remote First Aid, ideal for anyone working in locations where professional medical assistance may not be immediately at hand such as working in the field, hiking or leading field trips. This aspect of the course requires 12 hours of teaching time and is assessed through both practical exercises and written assessment. Passing this course means a trainee is a qualified first aider in Outdoor & Remote First Aid. Should a trainee not manage to pass all aspects of the assessment they will be issued with a certificate of attendance instead.

Due to the special circumstances of scientific field research an extra 3 hours of training has been added to include extra adaptations to cover scenarios where a person may be working alone some of the time and may need to apply the outdoor & remote first aid training to themselves, rather than to another person.

Description

This course is ideal for all persons who work or recreation outdoors in situations where they may be time-distant from professional medial assistance. In particular, this course is designed for persons who conduct scientific research in the field and may at times work alone, or without other trained first aiders nearby, and will therefore need to initially conduct first aid on themselves before further help arrives. This includes situations such as;

  • Working alone. This may include collecting samples in the field, field mapping, surveying a site or waiting in an animal hide to record behaviour. As soon as you are not in sight of other people, even when not particularly remote, you may need to apply your own initial first aid until assistance arrives.

  • Working in a scattered group. If your colleagues are more than 10 minutes away, allowing for terrain, you may need to apply your own first aid until they reach you. Be aware, in difficult terrain someone may be in sight, but still quite time distant from you, and in a medical emergency a situation can get significantly worse in just a few minutes on your own.

  • Working with unknown colleagues. When collaborating in a team you may not be sure who has first aid training or to what standard. This is particularly relevant when working with international teams who’s required level of first aid training may be significantly different to the UK. Being able to apply your own first aid if necessary and understanding the correct modern procedures should some have outdated methods is incredibly important.

  • Being the only First Aider. Small research groups commonly only have one trained first aider for logistical reasons. But what if you are the first aider and you are the one that gets injured? Being able to apply your own first aid, and to clearly direct other members of the team how to administer first aid, is an extra level of safely when working in small groups.

Who is this training for?

  • Full detailed First Aid training manual.

  • CPR. Full CRP training with practice and assessment on a CPR Manikin

  • AED Training. Full training with practice and assessment in the use of an AED (Automatic External Defibrillator) so you don’t need an additional course

  • Shock. Recognition and treatment of shock and hypovolemic shock

  • Primary & Secondary Surveys. Detailed training and assessment on primary and secondary surveys on both conscious and unconscious casualties, checking response levels, SAMPLE, head-to-toe assessment

  • Airways & Breathing. Training and assessment in airway management, breathing difficulties, drowning, choking, abdominal thrusts, asthma, the recovery position

  • Bleeding Control. Practical training and assessment in the control of bleeding including the use of dressings, haemostatic dressings, direct pressure, torniquets, dressing imbedded objects, handing amputations

What’s Included in the course?

  • Breaks and other physical injuries. Full range of different types of injury including broken bones, dislocations, head & spinal injuries, soft tissue injuries, internal injuries, chest injuries, eye injuries

  • Illnesses. Full range of illnesses including heart attacks, strokes, seizures, diabetes, anaphylactic shock

  • Burns. Including burns, scalds, chemical burns

  • Bites. Human, animal, snake & other venomous bites, stings, tick bites

  • Environmental. Hypothermia, frostbite, heat stroke, heat exhaustion, dehydration, sunburn, avalanches, lightning

  • Evacuation. Directing emergency services to the scene, helicopter landing procedures, winchman procedures, visibility, signalling, flares & smoke, location options, moving a casualty

  • Lone Worker Adaptations. All subjects covered include adaptations on how these procedures can be adapted to be used by a person on their own

FAW Cornwall was approached by industry to develop a new course as the Training Manager, Calum, has worked regularly on collecting geological data in the field alone or in small groups, leading fieldtrips, and working in collaboration abroad. The problem was identified during a routine check through an organisations Health & Safety procedures and the question of First Aid provision arose. All UK based organisations are required to ensure there is suitable First Aid provision for all of it’s employees but this is difficult to guarantee when staff work alone, in small groups or are working in small international groups.

The easiest solution to guarantee that all UK requirements are met is to train all employees that work in the field, both in the UK and abroad, in Outdoor & Remote First Aid and also how to apply this training on themselves. This lead to a new type of First Aid course, where trainees consider and practice how to adapt their Outdoor First Aid training if they had to use it on themselves or instruct an untrained person how to help.

From this the ‘Outdoor & Remote First Aid, Including Lone Worker Adaptations’ course was created.

Origin of the Course

Prices and Booking

The course costs £150 + VAT per person and there are 7 places available to University of Exeter staff and students and employees of organisations working through the TIC.

To book a place on the course please fill out the form below. Each trainee must fill out this form so we have details of every person on the course. Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. If the University will be paying for the course please make sure your line manager or supervisor is aware as your space will only be allocated once we have received confirmation that you are approved to attend the course.