Farming & Forestry First Aid Course

This Course has been endorsed by the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

The Course complies with the teaching and educational standards of the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care.

Course Structure

The 3-hour course covers the following areas:

  • The aims of first aid, scene safety and the role of the First Aider

  • Assessing a casualty using the Primary Survey

  • Unresponsive and breathing casualty - recovery position

  • Unresponsive and not breathing casualty CPR using current Resuscitation Council UK Guidelines

  • AED (Automated External Defibrillator) - rationale for using the AED, safe use, reporting/recording, handover to the emergency services

  • Treatment of crush injury, amputation, impalement, and severe bleeding

It is divided into two sections:

Part One

Basic Life Saving Skills: Patient Assessment and CPR.

Part Two

Scenario Training: Role play common farm accidents with the delegates to get hands on experience of the types of scenarios they can find themselves in.

Trainers

The training is delivered by qualified health care professionals registered with the HCPC and experienced instructors and casualty actors.

Each attendee has the opportunity to act both as the lead first aider and as a helper/bystander.

Course Assessment

This short course, which is valid for 3 years, is designed to complement a First Aid at Work course - giving additional training to meet farmer and forester needs, and more importantly, to equip a student to save a life until professional help arrives.

It is a fully practical course with no written assessment.

Awarded a Certificate of Attendance.

The course is accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh).

Further Training – Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW)

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100% Positive Feedback

Martin

Really enjoyed the amputation section

Sarah

All trainers were very clear and delivered the information in a simple and effective manner

Jamie

Very useful and good, would recommend