Expedition First Aid

Course Overview

ITC accredited Expedition courses have evolved over the years. Each course is uniquely tailored to the client group and builds upon our experience gained over the years. Typically an ITC qualification is delivered either from the Emergency Expedition series or the Advanced Expedition series.

The Emergency series is for those with some First Aid experience and provides 2 days of hands on interactive training covering essential First Aid technique and incident management and then a further day with an environment specific module tailored to the group.

The Advanced series is for those who have completed First Aid qualifications in the past and have been active First Aiders for some time. It develops a more proactive approach to incident management over 2 days and then a further day with an environment specific module. An ethos of becoming advanced at the basics rather than basic at advanced skills is developed. Thus they are First Aid qualifications rather than expedition medic courses.

The courses are aimed at the expedition member who is traveling away from medical help and requires further First Aid insight rather then invasive medical training.

Course Duration

  1. 2 Days – Plus 1 or 2 day expedition specific modules.

Course Price

  1. Individual – £165.00
  2. Group of 12 – POA
  3. Prices include all training staff, course materials, handbook, certificates of achievement, post course support and No VAT to add. Group prices do not include travel expenses or the cost of food & accommodation if required.

Package & Modules

  1. Handouts and training as required
  2. Cold, wet, windy environments
  3. High altitude environments
  4. Tropical environments
  5. Desert environments
  6. Caving/pot-holing environments
  7. Disaster planning & risk assessment Watersports
  8. Party leader
  9. Casualty extrication and transport

Course Content

Each course is unique depending upon location of expedition. Trainers are used who have been to your expedition location. Additional bolt on modules designed for the specific group requirements.

  1. Example content
  2. Incident management
  3. Wound management
  4. Poison, stings, bites
  5. Non pharmacological management of pain
  6. Improvised immobilisation, dealing with dislocations
  7. Casualty monitoring
  8. Dehydration
  9. Common illness
  10. Common minor medical problems

Course Dates

  1. There are currently no dates available for this course

Delivery

Experienced professional trainers with an active professional interest in First Aid training, coming from a variety of working backgrounds understanding the specific needs of various environments. Our trainers are constantly updating their methods and materials keeping abreast of current best practice from around the world. Trainers typically have a professional background in outdoor developmental work or be active practitioner.

Revalidation

The course is normally location specific. The Expedition First Aid certificate will have a valid lifetime of 3 years and will be revalidated by another similar course.

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