The course encompasses a mixture of theoretical and practical sessions and is run in a friendly and relaxed environment.

Topics covered in this course:

• Life-threatening bleeding

• First aid for the outdoors environment

• Casualty management

• Unconscious casualty management

• Primary and secondary survey

• Resuscitation inc. children and drowning

• Providing first aid to a casualty who has been immersed in water

• Choking and shock

• Wounds and bleeding

• Medical conditions

• Diabetes

• Asthma

• Anaphylaxis

• Fainting

• Crush injuries

• Head and spinal injuries

• Chest injuries

• Fractures

• Dislocations

• Sprains and strains

• Eye injuries

• Poisons

• Heart attacks, strokes and angina

• Bites and stings

• Effects of heat and cold inc. hypothermia, frost bite and dehydration

• Burns and scalds

• Small cuts, grazes, bruises, splinters and nosebleeds

• Lymes disease

• Working remotely

• 6th – 7th May – Tretower, Crickhowell (NP8 1RF)

• 12th – 13th May – Llandrindod Wells, Mid Wales (LD1 6DF)

• 3rd – 4th June – Llandrindod Wells, Mid Wales (LD1 6DF)

• 21st – 22nd July – Llandrindod Wells, Mid Wales (LD1 6DF)

• 19th – 20th August -  Llandrindod Wells, Mid Wales (LD1 6DF)

• 4th - 5th September - Habberley, Shrewsbury (SY5 0TP)

• 15th – 16th September – Llandrindod Wells, Mid Wales (LD1 6DF)

• 13th – 14th October – Llandrindod Wells, Mid Wales (LD1 6DF)

Public courses:
£150 + VAT (£180) per person

Private courses:

Please contact us for prices

• Llandrindod Wells, Mid Wales (LD16DF)

• Tretower, Crickhowell (NP8 1RF)

• Habberley, Shrewsbury (SY5 0TP)

We provide hot drinks and biscuits on our public courses.

The Wilderness Project is regulated by the First Aid Industry Body (FAIB). All FAIB certificates are recognised by HSE and Department for Education/OFSTED Inspectors. The FAIB quality managment system holds third party Certification via UKAS and operates under the standards required for ISO 9001 (2015).

The FAIB are one of the founding members of the First Aid Quality Partnership (FAQP), a body that includes representation from HSE, the Resuscitation Council (UK), the Voluntary Aid Societies and from OFQUAL, SQA as well as Fire, Police and Ambulance. The Wilderness Project meets the Quality Assurance standards published by the FAQP.

You can either book online here or, if you are part of a company/organisation, we can invoice you. Please contact us if you would like to be invoiced.

✅ Fully regulated and certificated

✅ Public courses or we can travel to you

✅ Instructors have extensive real-life remote outdoor experience

✅ Training that suits your needs and schedules

✅ Rigorous standards of content, instruction and examination – ensured through the use of a professional regulating body

✅ Dedicated office staff to help you before, during and after your training with us

✅ Pdf certificates issued free of charge (printed certificates available)

✅ Comprehensive first aid manual provided free of charge

✅ Significant focus on practical learning with scenarios

✅QCPR App technology used in training

✅ High standard of training equipment and ratio of equipment to participant

✅ Option for an EFAW certificate as part of the 2-day Outdoor course

✅ Strict hygiene and equipment cleaning protocols

Our Outdoor First Aid course also meet the requirements for Emergency First Aid at Work as outlined in the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 and the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982.

For a small additional fee (£15 + VAT) we can also issue an Emergency First Aid at Work certificate as well as the Outdoor First Aid certificate.