2 day / 16 hour Outdoor First Aid

Who is it for

Advanced Outdoor First Aid: Building on the Basics

As this course builds on the existing knowledge obtained through our 16 hour outdoor first aid qualification, we’re only able to offer places to those with previous outdoor first aid experience / qualification. If you are unsure about whether your existing certificate meets this requirement, just get in touch and we’ll be glad to discuss. This also means that this course is not directly bookable on our website, you’ll need to email us with a copy of your existing certificate before we can accept you on the course.

Advanced Outdoor First Aid for Expeditions

This course includes the content required of overseas expedition leaders for a range of companies including World Challenge. We still focus on the fundamentals of first aid however, and this is not a professional pre-hospital care qualification, covering the use of advanced equipment that most expedition leaders are unlikely to have access to.

Where can I do this course?

We run this course at the Gilwern Outdoor Education centre, NP7 0EB, close to the A465 Heads of the Valleys road at Abergavenny.

Need to know

Course Fee

Places on this course are priced at £250pp (including VAT). If you also require registration on the L3 First Aid at Work qualification, running alongside the advanced outdoor first aid, this is an additional £24pp (including VAT).

Course Timings

The course will run 9-5.30 on day 1 and 2, and 9-3.30 on day 3.

External Oversight

This course is quality assured both by Borderlands First Aid and our external awarding organisation ITC First. ITC are the awarding organisation for the outdoors and are experts in the field, with a long history of managing and overseeing first aid for outdoor settings.

Advanced Outdoor First Aid: Building on the Basics

As this course builds on the existing knowledge obtained through our 16 hour outdoor first aid qualification, we’re only able to offer places to those who have already completed an outdoor first aid course previously. If you are unsure about whether your existing certificate meets this requirement, just get in touch and we’ll be glad to discuss. This also means that this course is not directly bookable on our website, you’ll need to email us with a copy of your existing certificate before we can accept you on the course.

Outdoor First Aid Health and Safety

This course requires participants to undertake some degree of manual handling and physical exertion, including moving simulated candidates on the floor, performing simulated chest compressions on a manikin and moving over rough, uneven ground. If you think that you may have a condition, which may pose a problem or may prevent you from taking a full and active part on the course, we may be able to make a reasonable adjustment.  Please see ITC First’s Access to Qualifications Information If you would like to request a reasonable adjustment please let us know in advance of the course. You are advised that by registering on an ITC First qualification you are protected by Borderlands First Aid’s Policies, which are available on request, as well as ITC First’s set of policies including Complaints Policy and Appeals Policy. Please be aware that we will discuss some real-life incidents in detail and will view some slides and video of serious medical and traumatic incidents. If this is likely to cause you distress, please discuss this with your trainer in confidence prior to the course beginning so that we can make any necessary adjustments.

Outdoor First Aid Certification

In order to improve our environmental impact, we provide E-certificates to successful candidates as standard. If you need to have a paper certificate as well, we can provide this for an additional £7.50 per booking.

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