Outdoor First Aid - 16 Hours
Be Adventure Ready with essential outdoor first aid skills
Our 16-hour Outdoor First Aid course is the recognised standard for outdoor professionals and adventurers. It’s equivalent to the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course.
You’ll learn how to:
Manage an incident and assess a casualty in the outdoors
Use airway, breathing, and circulation skills (CPR & AED)
Control bleeding and treat shock
Manage musculoskeletal injuries with splints and slings
Recognise and respond to medical emergencies (asthma, diabetes, epilepsy and more)
Handle environmental issues like heat, cold, and weather exposure
Make safe evacuation decisions
👉 Ideal for: instructors, group leaders, Duke of Edinburgh supervisors, outdoor workers, and anyone heading into the hills.
Location: Chiltern Hills AONB (The Horse Trust or Aston Rowant Nature Reserve)
Duration: 2 days (16 hours)
Certification: Regulated Outdoor First Aid certificate (valid 3 years)
✅ Includes: free online course, 40% Montane gear discount, community membership, post-incident support, money-back guarantee, and donation to Mountain Rescue.
Over 2 days, you will cover a lot of ground. Both through the syllabus and utilising our amazing outside areas.
Course Content:
✅Vital signs – breathing, level of consciousness, temperature, colour
✅Incident management – a systematic approach to managing first aid incidents. ABC
✅Airway Management – causes and treatment of unconscious collapse.
✅Circulation Problems – Internal bleeding, external bleeding and treatment for shock
✅Damage – suspected fractures, head, neck and back injuries plus helmet removal.
✅Environmental Considerations – hypothermia, hyperthermia and cold injuries
✅Casualty Monitoring and prolonged casualty care
✅Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) - Adult and Drowning protocols are covered
✅Safe Use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
✅Introduction into Psychological First Aid
As with all our courses you are invited to join our community and take advantage of workshops to practice and develop your skills.
This training can also be certificated for Forest School practitioners.
Successful learners can progress to Advanced Outdoor First Aid.
Group bookings are available, contact the office for more info.
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“Our team have received first aid training for the past two years from Bruce. His comprehensive scenarios and wealth of knowledge has given our team members both confidence and a fantastic skill set for dealing with any and all accidents they may encounter.
The cost of the course is competitive compared to other providers and the group sizes allow for greater support on an individual basis.
We intend to continue sourcing our first aid training from this excellent provider.”
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