Course Contents

Module 3

This module is divided into 5 mini-modules. You can attend the entire day for £130 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