Practical, real-life scenarios give attendees opportunities to practise first aid, make mistakes safely and build confidence for situations at work, particularly in forest-school settings. They describe the trainer as knowledgeable, patient, approachable and entertaining, with clear explanations, relevant stories, discussion and a well-balanced mix of theory and hands-on learning. The content is comprehensive, engaging and easy to retain, though several attendees would prefer a warmer venue with genuine woodland space for scenarios.
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About this course
The two day 16 hour Forest School First Aid course is an outdoor first aid course designed for dealing with children from 1 year of age upwards and includes their potential illnesses and injuries of young children as well as those of adult helpers. The course content is primarily based in the outdoors and recreates emergency scenarios to test your knowledge of responding to an incident where help is not immediately available. This course meets the requirements of OFSTED for practitioners of Forest Schools.
The course is designed for Forest School leaders and practitioners.
What you will learn
The content is similar to our Remote Outdoor First Aid course but with an emphasis on both adults and children:
Primary assessment
Recovery position
Resuscitation
Choking management
Management of an unconscious casualty
Secondary assessment
Major trauma
Head, chest and internal injury
Spinal recovery position
Hypothermia
Acute mountain sickness
Cold-related injuries
Management of fractures
Common medical emergencies
If your employer requires you to have a specific Paediatric First Aid Certificate we can run a standard 12-hour Paediatric First Aid course and add a further 4 hours of content covering outdoor injury and illness. This makes the course 16 hours in total and covers the requirements of most Forest School Practitioners. Please specify if you need this option when sending us a booking enquiry.
Recent reviews
I really enjoyed myself today, great very informative course I would recommend to anyone!
Excellent engaging teacher explained well and gave us the chance to discuss how things went before telling us what we did wrong brilliant job.
Danny was full of knowledge and information. He put us at ease, particularly when acting out scenarios and administering first aid, which gave me great confidence.