Level 3 Outdoor First Aid

Comprehensive outdoor first aid course

Outdoor-focused first aid for anyone whose work or leisure activities often take them to rural or remote locations

Course overview

The Level 3 Outdoor First Aid course is a comprehensive offering focused on people working or doing activities in remote locations. This course covers not only how to attend to a casualty but also when and how to move a casualty, major illnesses and injuries, administering CPR and managing an unresponsive casualty when professional medical help is not immediately available. This course is often attended by lone workers and outdoor activity instructors/enthusiasts.

The Level 3 Outdoor First Aid course also fulfils the requirements of the First Aid element of the expedition syllabus and is suitable for the Bronze, Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh awards. With our specialist knowledge of being in or around water we also include a lot of training for those working near water if required on this course utilising our swift water location.

Course duration: 2 days, 0900 – 1800

What you’ll learn

• 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

Prerequisites

• None
• Minimum age: 16

What you’ll achieve

Level 3 Outdoor First Aid certificate. Valid for 3 years. Meets Duke of Edinburgh expedition first aid requirement (Bronze, Silver and Gold).

Instructor to student ratio

• 1 instructor to 12 students

Course Materials

• Outdoor First Aid handbook

Assessment Method

• Continual assessment throughout with a written assessment at the end of the course.