I'm hoping to be able to find a bona fide first aid trainer/provider to train a small number of volunteers(4) The package must include assesment's, first aid at work or equivalent certification and must also be done on site.
What I dont want to have to do, is trail into Newcastle, or any other city or town and then sit there for 4 days not really learning much that is relevant to working in a woodland/outdoor environment.
I have attended countless first aid courses over the past 25 years and in all that time, the only ones that were of any real practical value were either military or the two run on site, in the working environment. This allowed the instructors to tailor their lesson plans to cover not just the normal everyday first aid but to include information on specific hazards and how to deal with them. The two courses in question were my first and second civilian courses and were run by the factory Nursing Sister and the local doctor, so both were fully familiar with the working environment and the sort of horrendous injuries that were quite common at the time.
The subsequent courses I attended were progressively less relevant, less informative and a bit stale.
Anyway; what I'm after is a provider to come to us,thereby minimising carbon footprint, tell us what we need to know, how to look after casualties in our particular setting and put it all across in an up beat but easy to understand fashion.
Any ideas or contacts?
Kind regards
R.B.
What I dont want to have to do, is trail into Newcastle, or any other city or town and then sit there for 4 days not really learning much that is relevant to working in a woodland/outdoor environment.
I have attended countless first aid courses over the past 25 years and in all that time, the only ones that were of any real practical value were either military or the two run on site, in the working environment. This allowed the instructors to tailor their lesson plans to cover not just the normal everyday first aid but to include information on specific hazards and how to deal with them. The two courses in question were my first and second civilian courses and were run by the factory Nursing Sister and the local doctor, so both were fully familiar with the working environment and the sort of horrendous injuries that were quite common at the time.
The subsequent courses I attended were progressively less relevant, less informative and a bit stale.
Anyway; what I'm after is a provider to come to us,thereby minimising carbon footprint, tell us what we need to know, how to look after casualties in our particular setting and put it all across in an up beat but easy to understand fashion.
Any ideas or contacts?
Kind regards
R.B.
