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Blended Forest School First Aid – 24th November 2025

This qualification consists of 7-8 hours online learning followed by 1 day practical training with us.
The course is suitable for learners working in an outdoor forest school environment who are required to undertake the role of a first aider in the workplace.
Once you have booked on to the course you will receive an email from us containing your login details for our eLearning portal.
Online learning must be completed before attending your practical training.
Topics include:
| Roles and Responsibilities of a First Aider |
| Incident and Casualty Assessment and Reporting |
| Outdoor scene survey |
| First Aid kits and infection control |
| Emergency equipment – outdoor shelters |
| Getting help in an outdoors emergency including air, land and sea rescue |
| CPR and AED (defibrillator) |
| Drowning |
| Choking |
| Dealing with an Unconscious Casualty |
| Seizures |
| Anaphylaxis |
| Asthma, diabetes, epile[sy, heart attack, angina, stroke |
| Shock including cold water shock |
| Minor Injuries including cuts. grazes, splinters |
| Injuries to bones, muscles and joints including suspected spinal injuries |
| Chest injuries |
| Burns including electrical, UV light and friction (blister) burns |
| Eye, Ears and Nose injuries |
| External Bleeding |
| Extremes of Temperature including hypothermia, frost bite, heat exhaustion, heatstroke and dehydration |
| Poisoning including blue green algae, giant hogweed |
| Weil’s Disease, Cryptosporidiosis, E.coli 0157 |
| Animal and insect bites and stings (including ticks and Lyme Disease, jellyfish, sea urchins and snakes |
