Over the next two weeks we are bringing out our new ‘High Peak Wilderness First Aid’ Courses. We will have courses ranging from one day through to five days – all supported with our range of waterproof manuals to ensure you can deal with an incident in any environment. The courses are recognised by National Governing Bodies so if you are a caver, paddler, mountainbiker or mountaineer we can provide you with a suitable course. We will also have first aid courses to enable you to work with expeditions that have a core competencies associated with leadership and management.
News
15 Year Celebration!
Thank you! We have now been providing courses for 15 years! From a business point of view I have been looking forward to the start of 2012 as plans for the year started last summer. During January we are rolling out new courses, additions to our training team and we are also adding value in many forms for returning and new clients – I will be announcing updates here!
The last 15 years has been a very interesting journey for High Peak First Aid and for myself as the Company Director. A client recently asked me if I ever get bored running courses. Simply…no! Every course is different due to the varied individuals who attend – everyone on a course has qualities to contribute and we aim to draw those together, add our input and send you off to be qualified to deal with an emergency if it should arise.
The chances of you being involved in a serious emergency are relatively low. However, compared to the staggering amount of hours our training team has supplied to you over 15 years we have a lot of thank you letters and emails from people that have had to deal with major emergencies where their training has really helped.
Wilderness First Aid – Nepal
We are providing a series of Wilderness First Aid Courses in Nepal this Winter. Courses will be in Kathmandu, Pokhara and at Paddle Nepals River Camp at Chhimkesory. The opportunity to attend a Wilderness First Aid Course in a true wilderness setting is quite rare. Paddle Nepal provide the logistics to get to the camp and look after you in camp – we provide the Wilderness First Aid. Gurkha Adventures are kindly organising the courses in Kathmandu. There is a sliding scale of fees to enable junior guides to gain an internationally recognised first aid qualification from a UK company. If you have an interest in attending and wonder how to go about it, please get in touch.
Emergency Services Show
We are exhibiting at the Emergency Services Show 23-24 November – Coventry. We are busy at work today sending out E-tickets to clients. Our Banner is ready for printing along with flyers along with an interesting hand out. We will be sending out regular updates during the show.
First Aid at Work
This afternoon we trained at Cresswell Quarry in Bradwell owned by Furness Bros. They have been attending an HSE First Aid at Work Course. We took them to their quarry to test their new skills. Not much point in repeated practise on a carpet when you work outside in all weathers. If you are thinking about booking on our HSE First Aid at Work courses, we offfer open courses at our venue or can train at your venue or have you come to our venue at Hope in the Peak District.
We seem to have collected quite an unusual portfolio of training for First Aid at Work – Farms, Quarries, Mines and even underground in a local Peak District Mine. You can see a selection of photos in our gallery.
