Target Group: People venturing outside either for work or pleasure to remote settings where help and assistance can be protracted.

Prior Learning: None

Description: This course introduces the techniques, skills and confidence that will be needed to deal with an incident when venturing outside in the British Isles where assistance is more than a few minutes away. This qualification indicates an individual can undertake the role of Outdoor First Aider in more rural and remote areas.

The need for an Outdoor First Aider might have been identified by a Workplace First Aid Needs Assessment and can be relied upon by employers to satisfy the due diligence requirements of the HSE for first aid training providers. Successful completion of the course will result in knowledge and skills that have been identified by the Institute for Outdoor Learning First Aid Training Framework for the safe, effective and prompt treatment of injuries and illness, with the management of incidents in the outdoors.

The course will be delivered in a realistic outdoor context and will satisfy the first aid requirements for instructors with most of the outdoor industry National Governing Bodies.