£65.00 Per Candidate      

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The RYA First Aid course is a 3 year qualification designed to fulfill  the requirements of the MCA Code of practice for skippers and small commercial vessels and all RYA Practical instructors.

The duration of the course is 8 hours and all candidates are supplied with a current addition Red Cross/St John first aid manual.

Course objectives, by the end of the course all candidates should be able to

Perform CPR to current protocols

Understand the diferential for drowning

Recovery position for confined spaces

Direct pressure on a wound to control bleeding

Recognise Shock and treat it with special reference to internal and external bleeding

Manage cold shock and hypothermia in immmersion and or exposure

Recogonise head injuries and levels of response and be aware of breathing difficulties

Chest pain, sea sickness, diabetic emergencies, anaphylaxis, hyperthermia, fractures, seizures and burns.

Choose suitable first equipment for their boat and understand how to get medical advise by radio and prepare evacuation by helicopter.

Skippers of MCA coded vessels only be aware of contents of and use of cat "C" First Aid kit including the pocket mask