Emergency Outdoor First Aid (8 Hours)
Emergency Outdoor First Aid (8 Hours)
The Emergency Outdoor First Aid (EOFA) course is a one-day first aid course, covering CPR and a range of emergency outdoor first aid skills. Suitable for anybody who works within an outdoor environment, these courses are also a great learning opportunity for anyone that spends their time in the outdoors. Emergency Outdoor First Aid provides candidates with the skills to provide basic initial first aid care and reduce the risks and dangers in outdoor environments.
Regulated qualification will be awarded as:
RLSS UK Qualifications Level 3 Emergency Outdoor First Aid (EOFA)
The course covers:
- Understanding the role and responsibilities of an outdoor first aider
- Understand the environmental factors that affect outdoor first aiders
- How to manage an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing normally
- How to manage a casualty who is in shock
- How to assess an incident
- How to recognise and assist a casualty who is choking
- How to manage a casualty with a minor injury
- How to manage an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally
- How to manage a casualty with external bleeding
- How to manage a casualty suffering from the effects of hot and cold
- How to provide insulation and emergency shelter in the outdoors
