1 day Outdoor First Aid
1 Day Outdoor First Aid courses
Our 1 day outdoor first aid courses are aimed at the outdoor leader and enthusiast that needs the raw essentials of first aid training for working in the outdoors. This qualification is ideal for Climbing Wall Instructors, Forest Bathing Institute, teachers leading local outdoor field trips, Nordic walkers and Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme participants to name but a few.
Our 1 day Outdoor First Aid training ….
- Will revalidate NGB awards: CWI & CWDI
- Is suitable for school teachers/DofE leaders, Nordic walkers, forest bathing, Rivers Trust, Woodland Trust volunteers & more
- Meets the standards set by the Institute of Outdoor Learning at band 2

1 day Outdoor First Aid - course objectives
This course covers the following topics:
- Vital Signs – how to make informed decisions
- Primary and secondary surveys
- Airway management
- First aid and situation management outdoors
- Managing the cold casualty outdoors
- Casualty monitoring
- CPR with the use of AED (defibrillators)
- Bleeding
- Common conditions – asthma, diabetes, seizures
Price: £90
Course fee includes first aid manual and first aid certificate valid for three years.
Package
- Interactive hands on practical training indoors and out
- Use of recommended first aid kit
- Easy to follow individual course booklet
- An accredited, recognised certificate valid for 3 years
Location
These course run from our venues in the Peak District and Sheffield.
Course dates
To book onto a 1 day OFA please simply book onto just the first day of one of our 2 day Outdoor First Aid courses. Details of courses running can be found here. If you have a group you wish to book onto a course, do get in touch and we’ll see what we can arrange for you!
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Forestry workers + F
We are able to take group bookings for these courses. Let us know where and when you need a course running and we will happily offer you a course tailored to your needs and a competitive quote for our services. Group rates include a first aid manual and first aid certificate (valid for three years) for all participants.
Group bookings
We are able to take group bookings for these courses. Let us know where and when you need a course running and we will happily offer you a course tailored to your needs and a competitive quote for our services. Group rates include a first aid manual and first aid certificate (valid for three years) for all participants.
Further reading:
- Print off your own casualty card from here
- Always know where you are with this free app: OS Locate
- Outdoor First Aid – Five items of essential first aid kit for the outdoors
- What to do in an Emergency Outdoors
- One Item Of First Aid Kit: Always Needed: The Least Appreciated
- First Aid Kit for Overseas Treks
- Dealing With Mass Casualties – Triage First Aid
- Save a Life With a Slice of Flapjack – Diabetes
- Outdoor First Aid – Giant Hogweed
- Top Tips For Footcare
- Expedition First Aid – Five things to look for in a local hospital
- Expedition and outdoor first aid – heat exhaustion
- Air Rescue and Emergency Care Capabilities in the UK
- Expedition First Aid – Diarrhoeal illness