Maidenhead: Forest School First Aid & Outdoor First Aid & Paediatric First Aid & First Aid at Work

Forest School: This 16 hour course is suitable for anyone working in a Forest School environment

Outdoor: This 16 hour course is suitable for anyone working in an Outdoor environment

First Aid at Work: This course is suitable for anyone needing a 3-day First Aid at Work qualification or 2-day requalification

Paediatric 12-hour: This course is suitable for anyone needing a 12-hour Ofsted / EYFS compliant Paediatric qualification.

Whichever course you are Booking, you need to attend 0900 - 1800hrs each day. No exceptions.

Outdoor First Aid

This qualification indicates an individual can undertake the role of Outdoor First Aider in the more rural and remote areas of the British Isles where professional emergency assistance may be more than 10 minutes away.

This 16 hour Outdoor course syllabus complies with the syllabus as laid down by a range of Governing Bodies for Outdoor Sports such as:

RYA (non-commercial)
Mountain Leader
BCU (British Canoeing)

Forest School First Aid

This qualification is appropriate for someone working in a Forest School environment that needs a 16-hour Outdoor First Aid qualification. It has been tailored to the Forest School environment.

These above two courses are aligned with the Institute of Outdoor Learning’s Statement of Good Practice for Outdoor First Aid at Band 3

Students that pass will be awarded with a 4 Minutes 16 hour Outdoor First Aid Certificate valid for 3 years. Certificates are provided in PDF form to allow easy sharing and may be printed out for framing.

Paediatric First Aid

For those that need a 12-hour Ofsted / EYFS compliant Paediatric First Aid Certificate only (not Forest School First Aid).

This qualification meets Ofsted / EYFS requirements for a Paediatric First Aider.

First Aid at Work (FAW)

For those that need First Aid at Work (3-day) or FAW Requalification (2-day)

FAW - 3-day. You must complete a 6 hour online part before the classroom date, then attend both classroom days. Once you Purchase your ticket we will get in touch to set up your online part.

FAW Requalification - 2-day. If your FAW Certificate is in date, or will be no more than 30 days expired by the end of the course you can take a 2-day requalification over the 2 days (no online part required). We must have a copy of your existing FAW Certificate as evidence.

You may optionally add a 12 hour Ofsted / EYFS compliant Paediatric First Aid Certificate

You may optionally add a 6 hour Emergency First Aid at Work Certificate

You may optionally add a +F Forestry Certificate

Venue: 1st Kent Rise & Dorney Scout HQ, Institute Road, Taplow Bucks SL6 0NS

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This course has been designed to cover all the syllabuses above and students that pass will be issued with certificate/s as appropriate, valid for 3 years

Topics include: roles & responsibilities, adult/child/infant specific treatments (where applicable), dealing with collapse (with and without breathing), choking, bleeding, shock, major illnesses, torso and limb injuries, environmental effects, heat and cold injuries, using first aid kit, outdoor specific scenarios, outdoor incident management and looking after a casualty for more than 10 minutes.

This course is designed to provide outdoor incident management skills. Typical delivery methods are predominantly practical, with elements occurring out of doors in outdoor clothing and on various terrains.

Minimum age for attending is 16, however there may be specific age limits within your workplace and also you need to be 17 or over to be included in staffing ratios. Check before you Book.

Directions: Directions to the venue will be sent by email once Booking is made. There is plenty of parking at the venue, and the Taplow train station (including Elizabeth line) is a 5 minutes walk away. Bicycles may also be stored inside during the course.

Accessibility: The venue is on the ground floor and there is level access (slight ramp). Note that the car park is gravel.

Refreshments: Instant coffee, tea, squash and biscuits are provided. Please bring lunch and/or other drinks. A Tesco Superstore is 5 minutes walk away.

Syllabus

All these Learning Outcomes are geared towards an Outdoor setting.

'casualty' means Adult or Child. It also means Baby when Paediatric training is also covered.

• Understand the roles and responsibilities of the First Aider
• Be able to assess an emergency situation and prioritise what action to take
• Help a casualty who is unresponsive and breathing normally
• Assist a casualty who is experiencing a seizure
• Help a casualty who is unresponsive and not breathing normally (including agonal breathing)
• Help a casualty who is choking
• Identify when choking is mild and severe
• Administer first aid to a casualty who is choking
• Help a casualty who is bleeding
• Help a casualty who is suffering from shock caused by severe blood loss (hypovolaemic shock)
• Understand how to administer first aid to a casualty with bites, stings and minor injuries

• Help a casualty who is suffering from anaphylactic shock
• Helpa casualty who has had an electric shock
• Help a casualty who has burns or scalds
• Help a casualty who has a suspected fracture
• Help a casualty with head, neck or back injuries
• Help a casualty who is suspected of being poisoned
• Help a casualty with a foreign body in eyes, ears or nose
• Help a casualty with an eye injury
• Help a casualty with a bite or sting
• Help a casualty who is suffering from the effects of extreme heat or cold
• Help a casualty having: a diabetic emergency; an asthma attack; an allergic reaction; meningitis; and/or febrile convulsions
• Understand the role and responsibilities of the first aider (including appropriate contents of a first aid box and the need for recording accidents and incidents)