Our one-day RYA first aid course covers all the usual first aid subjects, but from a boating perspective. It is aimed at anyone who goes afloat, whether on inland waters, rivers, estuaries or on cross channel passages.
In a medical emergency a little first aid knowledge and immediate action can save lives, especially in remote locations. This one-day course is designed to provide a working knowledge of first aid for people using small craft and to support skippers.
It fulfils the requirements for:
- Professional skippers of small craft working within 60 miles of a safe haven, including Boat masters;
- RYA Sailing, Windsurfing, Powerboat Instructors and safety boat drivers.
- The Senior First Aid certificate needed by offshore racers subject to ISAF’s regulations on first aid training (OSR 4.08.4).
- The course is recommended by the MCA and HSE.
The subjects specific to boating include:
- The recovery position in a confined space
- CPR, including the drowning protocol
- Cold shock and hypothermia from immersion and/or exposure seasickness and dehydration
- Medical assistance or advice by VHF
- Helicopter rescue
You can book single places on the RYA First Aid course below, however we are able to offer discounts for group bookings.
£80
Dates
East Boldre Village Hall SO42 7WD
30 June 2023
14 July 2023
15 September 2023
13 October 2023
10 November 2023
8 December 2023
Courses run from 0900-1700
- 2-6 people – £75 per person
- 7-12 people – £65 per person
To enquire about group bookings drop us a line and we’ll be very happy to help. Please call: 01590 612509 or send an email to: hello@freshair-training.co.uk
View Course Syllabus
- Assessment, immediate actions and the priorities within first aid.
- Unconsciousness and the recovery position
- CPR
- Drowning
- Failure of the circulation: shock
- Blood loss and the control of bleeding
- Recognition of internal bleeding
- Angina and heart attack.
- Levels of response and the AVPU scale.
- Head injury: concussion and compression.
- Immersion hypothermia and cold shock
- Burns, including sunburn.
- Exposure hypothermia/hyperthermia
- Seasickness and dehydration
- Diabetic emergency.
- Seizures
- Fractures, including spinal injuries
- First aid kits
- Advice or assistance by radio
- Medivac…..the evacuation of a casualty by helicopter.
- For the skippers of MCA coded boats:
- The contents and use of the category C first aid kit, including the pocket mask.
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