RYA One Day First Aid Course

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 of small craft working within 60 miles of a safe haven, including Boatmasters;
• the Senior First Aid certificate needed by offshore racers subject to ISAF's regulations on first aid training (OSR 4.08.4).

The course is recommended by the MCA and HSE.

Booking

• To Book your place, contact Mark Robinson.
• Course place confirmed on receipt of payment)
• To be held in the Chart Room - Saturday 14th March
  10.00 – 18.00 hrs
• £50.00 Per person including course completion certificate & The first aid manual
  RRP: £ 12.99

Details

• Pre-course experience - None
• Assumed Knowledge - None
• Course content - First aid and resuscitation techniques for yachtsmen, including a knowldge of the treatment for hypothermia
• Ability after course - Understands basic first aid in a marine environment
• Minimum duration - 1 day