This course is delivered by Alan Ward (International Mountain Leader) who has extensive travel and high altitude experience and is a Senior Trainer with Rescue Emergency Care (REC).
This course was categorized as an advanced Level 5 course by Rescue Emergency Care (REC) but in 2018, REC decided to do away with numerical categories because of confusion in the First Aid Training sector.
An introduction to BS8848:2014 is included in this course as well as some preventative advice which might reduce incidents, accidents and near misses during travel.
A two day course
(16 hours). The Travel and Expedition First Aid course is designed to introduce
a systematic way of advanced first aid for managing casualties. Topic learning
and practicals intermixed with scenarios of real situations. The course
includes:
- Development of skills gained at emergency level
- In-depth review of emergency care topics
- Advanced techniques • skills • development
- Review of special interest topics by the candidates
The Content
First aid training with the REC scheme is easy and fun. The course is
progressive by building on each session, introducing new scenarios to test all
techniques for:
- Environment: hazards • cold • heat • chemicals • poisons • light • toxic substances
- Escort: vital signs • psychological • monitor (using thermometers, pulse oxymeters and blood pressure monitors), • fluids • stretcher (available during the course) • splints (including traction splints) • pain control
- Illness: chest pain • stroke • asthma • epilepsy • diabetes • poisons • hyperventilation • mental
- Scenarios: triage • incident management • emergency plans • casualty record cards (supplied to participants)
- Travel: dislocations • wound management • tropical diseases • gastric illnesses
• altitude (including practical use of Portable Altitude Chambers – PAC)
The Assessment - Travel first aid is assessed by observation of practical skills throughout the course and written assignments
The Candidates
- All lay candidates will have completed an outdoor Emergency First Aid course.
- Will be able to take control of an incident and direct standard First Aiders
- Will be able to deal with more complex problems and use advanced methods
The Qualification
- The Travel & Expedition First Aid course if certified for three years
