ITC ADVANCED FIRST AID

ITC Advanced First Aid (24 HRS)

This ITC Advanced First Aid course is a four day course and is used by those who need to go beyond standard level First Aid, who may have access to more advanced medical equipment and resources. Typical learners include those who work offshore in the oil and gas or wind industries, security operatives, industrial first aiders and is useful for anyone who needs to be able to look after casualties for extended periods of time, in potentially challenging conditions.

This qualification is similar to the other pre-hospital care qualifications we offer, but it also covers traction splints, pelvic splints, cervical collars, and the administration of medical gases - Oxygen and Entonox, without needing to complete a separate qualification. This qualification meets many level D competency descriptors on The Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh Faculty of Pre-hospital Care (FPHC) Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) framework and is delivered in line with our Clinical Governance Policy.

Tailored to your needs and environment in Newcastle, across the North East or UK, this Advanced First Aid course meets the needs of:

Offshore Personnel
Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Emergency Services Personnel
Mountain Rescue, Search and Rescue, Volunteer Life Brigade Personnel
Cabin Crew
Industrial First Aiders
Emergency Personnel
Emergency Responders
First Aiders

What's covered on the course?

In addition to lifesaving skills (CPR, AED, Choking etc.) and management of medical emergencies, this course also covers (not exhaustive):

Incident management
Advanced airway management
Aspiration/suction
Airway adjuncts - oropharyngeal airways (OPAs) and nasopharyngeal airways (NPAs)
Oxygen administration
Entonox administration
Pulse oximetry
Catastrophic haemorrhage control
Tourniquets
Specialist trauma dressings such as Israeli and Olaes modular dressings
Managing trauma related injuries
Use of traction splints
Head, spinal and pelvic injuries
Hypothermia and Hyperthermia
Casualty packaging and extraction

Course Requirements

How are our courses delivered?

All of our courses are hands-on. We’ll show you how to do something – then you’ll have a go. We’ll practice how to deal with whole incidents, from finding someone in need to the point where they’re handed over to the professionals. After all, when someone becomes ill or is injured, you’ll need to manage the whole incident – not just be able to perform a couple of stand alone skills.

This 24 hour Advanced First Aid course is usually completed over 4 days and is carefully designed to create skilful, resourceful and confident Advanced First Aiders capable of effectively handling a variety of emergency scenarios. The course is assessed via practical observations throughout. There is plenty of opportunity for scenario based training throughout the course (including in the outdoors), to build and maintain confidence in dealing with a wide variety of emergencies.

This certificate is valid for 3 years and is also suitable for:

Those wishing to go beyond First Aid at Work level
Those wishing to become involved in Mountain Rescue or other search and rescue agencies

Please note, it is strongly recommended that an annual refresher is completed to maintain appropriate clinical governance. An annual refresher would also cover the use of medical gases.

PRICES

Group training in house at your premises is £2,995 + VAT for up to 8 people. Please get in touch to discuss your requirements.

Prefer to speak to a human?

If you have any questions about this qualification and the information above, simply get in touch to discuss your requirements and a member of our team will be more than happy to help.