Course Contents
Module 3
This module is divided into 5 mini-modules. You can attend the entire day for £150 and book below or each module including certification is £60. To book individual modules, please contact 01433 621484.
Altitude (1.5hrs)
- Strategies to minimise the occurrence of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), High Altitude Pulmonary Oedema (HAPE) and High Altitude Cerebral Oedema (HACE)
- Treatment of AMS, HAPE and HACE: use of drugs, oxygen, Portable Altitude Chamber (PAC), GAMOW bag and evacuation
- Oxygen Administration
- Frost Nip and Frost Bite
Catastrophic Haemorrhage (2hrs)
- Developing competencies in haemostats and tourniquets. More information can be found at Celox and Tourniquet Training
Facing disaster when working or travelling overseas (2hrs)
- Planning and preparation to mitigate against disaster
- Definition of disaster, rapid and slow onset
- Technological disasters (man made). Displaced populations, industrial and transport, conflict and famine
- Natural disasters: geophysical, (earthquake, tsunami, volcanic, landslides), hydrological (avalanche and floods), meteorological (cyclones and wave surges), biological (disease, epidemics, insect and animal plagues), climatological (extremes of temperature, drought and wildfires)
- Incident management and rescue co-ordination overseas
- Triage for Adults and children (sieve and sort)
First Aid and medical kits for the remote environment (1hr)
- Prescription only Medicines (POMs)
- Dental
- Sterile travellers kits
- Wound management: prevention of sepsis
- Prevention of sickness: field hygiene
- Essentials to pack
- Field hygiene: water disinfection, infection
- Mental health first aid tool box
Bites and Stings (1hr)
- Insects
- Marine life
- Adapting our behaviour
- Treatment
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