REC L2 Outdoor first aid for the outdoor partnership

May 15th/16th - bannau brychieniog national park visitor centre REC L2 for 11 participants

This REC L2 outdoor First Aid course by Bryn Walking was for The Outoor Partnership - feedback from their organising officer (Bethan Logan) can be seen at the end of this blog.

The course was delivered by Helen Menhinick (ML) and Alan Ward (IML) and certificated by Rescue Emergency Care (REC), established in 1986 as one of the United Kingdom's original and most specialised Outdoor First Aid providers.

​Congratulations to the 11 participants who completed the course.

Helen and Alan have, between them, delivered over 250 REC First Aid courses, mostly in the UK but as far afield as Nepal, Indonesia and Morocco. Alan holds the British Heart Foundation "Heart Hero" Award for delivering CPR training to Outdoor Education Centres in South Wales.

course content & sTRUCTURE

A two day course (16 hours). The outdoor first aid course is designed to introduce a systematic way of first aid for managing casualties. Topic learning and practicals intermixed with scenarios of real situations. The course includes:

• The fundamental workings of the body, in particular the heart, lungs and airway
• Assessing a casualty
• Introduces a system to cope with all incidents as safely as possible

• Deciding how to deal with an accident or incident

• Awareness of delayed medical help and adverse environmental conditions

First aid training with the REC scheme is easy and fun. The course is progressive by building on each session, introducing new scenarios to test all techniques for:

EMERGENCY: vital signs (and monitoring) • emergency action • airway • unconscious • choking • bleeding • breathing and circulation • CPR • AED (automated external defibrillator) practical training
ENVIRONMENT: heat stress • cold stress • hot injuries • cold injuries
ILLNESS: chest pain • stroke • asthma • epilepsy • diabetes
INJURY: head • spine • chest • abdomen • pelvis • bones • soft tissue • eye • shock • triage
RESCUE: group shelters and blizzard bag products • transportation • communication

To accommodate the RYA syllabus our Outdoor First Aid course will include understanding the differential for drowning, immersion and seasickness.

The Candidates
All candidates entering the REC scheme start with the Outdoor First Aid module
The Qualification
The Outdoor First Aid course is certified for three years and is an entry point for the REC scheme. It is the approved course for RYA, BCU, MLTB.

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course feedback

Bethan Logan of The Outdoor Partnership kindly provided feedback on behalf of the group:
​"It was really good, thank you so much! I really enjoyed it and you had great engagement from everyone, I thought you allowed everyone to input with their expertise which I think is what people want ultimately, but there’s not always room for it is there but somehow you managed to do that but also cover all the content, which is loads. I actually think this was my favourite first aid course I’ve done, and I might be on 5 now!Thanks so much."

future courses by bryn walking

- REC L5 Travel & Expedition First Aid: June 26th/27th

- REC L2 Outdoor First Aid: September 3rd/4th 

​- NNAS Tutor Award: August 12th 

Please contact us for further details or to book a place on one of these courses.