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High Peak Wilderness First Aid update!

We are having a 15 year celebration of providing first aid courses by offering past and future clients a great service and value for money when you book a training course with us. Our first offer of 2012 is for all past and future clients on our High Peak Wilderness First Aid Course.  Once you have completed the first aid course it will last for three years before you need to renew the qualification. Currently, there is no mandatory refresher.  However, we offer you the opportunity to attend the second day of the High Peak Wilderness First Aid Course at any time in the three year period for free. This will enable you to refresh your skills and feel more confident to deal with an incident in a remote location. It would also be useful for you to attend if you are going for an assessment with the British Canoe Union – BCU, Mountain Leader Training Association – MLTA, Mountain-Bike Instructors’ Award Scheme – MIAS and British Caving Association – BCA. These are just a few examples of the national organisations that recognise our first aid training courses. We can also give you up to date advice on what to have in a first aid kit and equipment to carry to deal with an emergency when help may be delayed. We also have a range of tough, waterproof manuals, casualty card and and rescue request forms to make your life easier.

If you are not attending the High Peak Wilderness First Aid course we have other packages for all the courses that we offer – I will be posting regular updates here, on our High Peak First Aid Trainings Face Book Page and on our Twitter Account as HighPeak1stAid.

 

New Wilderness First Aid Courses for High Peak First Aid

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.

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.