first aid - one day - rya

DURATION: 1 day

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS: None

ABILITY AT COURSE END: Certificate to demonstrate thorough grounding in first aid techniques with particular reference to small craft afloat.

PLACES PER COURSE: 12

MINIMUM AGE: 12

COURSE DESCRIPTION: “The 1-Day RYA First Aid course will provide a thorough grounding in first aid techniques with particular reference to small craft afloat.”

In a medical emergency a little first aid knowledge and immediate action can save lives, especially in remote locations. This course is designed to provide a working knowledge of first aid for people using small craft and to support skippers. The RYA First Aid course is the only recommended course for instructors as well as RYA Yachtmasters

• professional skippers working under the Maritime and Coast-guard 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.

Specific to the marine environment the course also covers:

• Confined spaces

• CPR including drowning

• Cold shock and immersion hypothermia

• Sea sickness & dehydration

• Medical assistance by VHF

• Helicopter rescue

• Category C medical stores

All course materials are provided as well as tea and coffee but we’re unable to provide lunch. There are lots of great bakeries, chips shops, cafes and shops very near by.