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RYA First Aid Course

RYA First Aid Course (£120)

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Where? Snettisham Beach Sailing Club

How Long? 1 Day

How Old? Minimum age 12 (Children under 16 must be accompanied by an Adult)

How Many? 1:12

How Much? £120

ABOUT THE COURSE:

This one-day 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 working under the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Codes of Practice for Small Vessels Operated Commercially;
The Senior First Aid certificate needed by offshore racers subject to World Sailing's regulations on first aid training (OSR 4.08.4);
The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations, 1981 for the purposes of Emergency First Aid at Work.

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

Course outcomes:

1. Understand the role of a first aider in regard to: The importance of preventing cross infection The need for recording and/or reporting incidents and accident Assessing a scenario and circumstances to ensure they act safely, promptly and effectively in an emergency

2. Can perform CPR to current protocols, and understand the differential for drowning.

3. Understand the importance of the recovery position and the need to modify it for small spaces.

4. Can administer first aid to those who are unconscious

5. Can identify types of external bleeding and control bleeding

6. Can use appropriate dressings, bandages and other first aid equipment available, including improvised dressings and bandages.

7. Understand the term shock, recognise and treat it

8. Can recognise and understands the treatment for hypothermia following immersion and/or exposure.

9. Recognise the signs of a reduced level of response, with particular reference to serious head injuries.

10.Can administer suitable first aid for: breathing difficulties choking chest pain seasickness diabetic emergency anaphylaxis hyperthermia fractures seizures burns, including scalds, chemical and electrical minor injuries including small cuts, grazes, bruises and small splinters

11.Can choose suitable first aid equipment

First aid certificates should be renewed every three years.