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Level 3 | Outdoor Activity First Aid

If your assessment of First Aid needs highlights the need for qualified First Aiders in outdoor activity, then this Level 3 qualification will provide you with suitable and highly trained personnel.

This comprehensive two-day course covers a wide range of First Aid emergencies, enabling all participants to deal with emergency situations with confidence in a prompt, safe and effective way, particularly where professional medical help is not immediately available.

This course fulfils the requirements of the First Aid element of the expedition syllabus and it is suitable for the Bronze, Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh awards.

Duration

A minimum of 16 hours spread over at least two days. Ideally, the course should be run over two consecutive days, but we have the flexibility to accommodate your specific needs if you so desire providing it is completed within 10 weeks of starting the course and the training sessions last for a minimum of two hours.

Syllabus

A range of outdoor First Aid related subjects are covered including:

  • First Aid Equipment • Assessment of the situation • Prioritising treatment
  • Environmental factors • Dealing with an unresponsive casualty • Bandaging
  • Moving a casualty • Shock (including Anaphylaxis) • Fractures and spinal injuries
  • Heart attacks • Choking • Control of bleeding
  • Head injuries • Eye injuries • Poisoning
  • Chest injuries • Abdominal injuries • Sprains and strains
  • Burns and scalds • Asthma • Diabetes
  • Epilepsy • Hypothermia • Frostbite
  • Heat exhaustion • Bites and stings • Minor injuries

Certification

Summative practical assessment is ongoing by the instructor each day, along with a written assessment on each day.

A three year Level 3 Award in Outdoor First Aid will be issued to the learner, subject to successful assessment.

No external assessors are required.

Age Restrictions & Course Numbers

A maximum of 12 students are allowed and must be a minimum of 16 years of age and a certificate can be offered to all, subject to assessment.

A learner cannot assume a responsibility in the workplace until they reach the age of 16, and then it is the employer’s responsibility to ensure that the student is suitable for that role

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Find out the latest news about our courses coming soon and also ones we have recently run.

CPR: The correct technique for compressions.


The reason why a first aider would carry out compressions on an unconscious casualty that is not breathing or not breathing normally, is to take over the job of the heart, to become a manual pump, and circulate the oxygenated blood within the body to try to keep the brain alive. In First Aid an … Continue reading "CPR: The correct technique for compressions."

Automated External Defibrillators. Where to place the pads on a casualty.


When we look at First Aid, the age of a child is between 1 and 18 years of age, and an adult is classed as over 18 years of age. However when a defib is being used on an unconscious casualty that is not breathing or not breathing normally, the age ranges change. A child … Continue reading "Automated External Defibrillators. Where to place the pads on a casualty."

The Importance of First Aid Training


First Aid is probably more important now than ever before. With the strain on the health service, knowing First Aid could gave a casualty a better chance of survival.MJD Training has been delivering courses in First Aid and health & Safety now for 12 years. Teaching to companies in Stamford and surrounding areas. We have … Continue reading "The Importance of First Aid Training"

Keeping Safe on First Aid Training Courses


With the new changes coming in on the 1st of November with regards to First Aid Training. All delegates must again now demonstrate the giving of rescue breaths. To ensure all our delegates feel doing this, we still have safety measures in place. All delegates will be issued a CPR face shields. Wipes will be … Continue reading "Keeping Safe on First Aid Training Courses"

Level 3 Paediatric First Aid course


5th & 12th November 2022 There are still spaces available on the Level 3 Paediatric First Aid course. This is being held at The Acorn Child Care Centre, Stamford, Lincolnshire. This is an OFQUAL regulated course, recognised by OFSTED and Early Years. Contact now to book your place

First Aid Training Courses from 1st November 2022


After our period of dealing with COVID and adapting first aid training to accommodate the safety of all with regards to CPR and the giving of rescue breaths, the Resuscitation Council have now announced that on first aid courses all delegates must again demonstrate how to give rescue breaths when performing CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation). … Continue reading "First Aid Training Courses from 1st November 2022"

Educational Hub Partner


I am pleased to say that we are now partnered with the Educational Hub and are looking forward to new opportunities ahead of us. Click here to go to the educational hub site.

First Aid during the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic


Please read the link below to get the latest information with regards to First Aid provision in the workplace, and also a guidance to those whose qualification is due to expire. https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/first-aid-and-medicals/first-aid-certificate-coronavirus.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=coronavirus&utm_term=revised-guidance&utm_content=first-aid-28-sep-20

Mini Medics First Aid


  Did you know the success rate for saving someone who has suffered from a Cardiac Arrest through CPR in the UK is between 6%-8%. Why do you think this is? My opinion is because the majority of people in the UK, do not know how to respond in these situations. Majority of UK residents … Continue reading "Mini Medics First Aid"

CPR. Cardio Pulmonary Resusitation


The facts about giving rescue breaths. I can’t tell you how many people  state to me they have been told on previous first aid courses, that they don’t do the rescue breaths anymore whilst performing CPR on a non- breathing casualty, or a casualty who is not breathing normally. On all regulated courses the administration … Continue reading "CPR. Cardio Pulmonary Resusitation"
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