Dalby Bike Barn; Pickering. First Aid in the Outddors (Open)

First aid, especially when working in the outdoors is a crucial skill to hold and is often mandatory.

CTC's first aid courses include:

• Outdoor First Aid, 2 day (16 hour) course, accepted for most outdoor environments. Suited to those holding CTC's MTB Leader Courses, including the Trail, Technical and Advanced qualifications, and the MTB Skills Instructor Award Awards. This course is also suited and relevant to most outdoor activity qualifications, such as BCU, MLTB, RYA etc.
• Bike First Aid. This 1 day course covers typical incidents and injuries sustained by cyclists and mountain bikers, and provides scenarios to help you manage emergencies. It is ideally suited to general riders and club members, as well as those working in ambulance and phone landline accessible environments such as holders of Ride Supporter, Ride Manager and MTB Skills Instructor Urban.

Each First Aid in the Outdoors course includes:

• Safe best practice
• A systematic approach to incident management in the outdoors
• Unconsciousness, causes and treatment
• External bleeding, internal bleeding and shock
• Resuscitation procedures including choking
• Awareness of current regulations
• Injury management outdoors
• Illness recognition and management
• Managing thermal (heat, cold) problems
• Incident management scenarios

The full course package is based on:

• Interactive hands on practical training indoors and outside
• Typically 70% practical with 30% theory session ratio
• One CPR training manikin per 2 participants
• Use of recommended first aid kit
• Easy to follow individual course booklet
• An accredited, recognised certificate valid for 3 years