Hostile Environment First Aid

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We have set up a course which we have titled 'Hostile Environment First Aid at Work'. It will be a 3 day FAW course followed by 1 day ILS and 1 day in vehicle extrication, crash helmet removal etc which will include an introduction to advanced skills.

This is not an EMT course, it is not designed to replace advanced training. It's purpose is to provide HSE First Aid at Work which is more suited to the hostile environment.

The HSE suggest that FAW should be adapted to suit the environment and the workplace and the HSE syllabus is the minimum required. The first 3 days will follow the HSE FAW syllabus and a HSE approved FAW certificate will be issued to successful candidates. The fourth day will follow the Resus. Council ILS syllabus and will include airway management and AED as well as plenty of practical training and practice in managing cardiac arrest and cardiac management. The final day will involve PHTLS style scenarios to include vehicle extrication, crash helmet removal and trauma management.

Please note that I am not claiming this is an EMT course or any other type of course. It is FAW with additional skills and is modelled on the Troop First Aid course that is used by some military units.

Course faculty includes HPC registered paramedics, military medics (CMTs) an A&E nurse and a consultant anaesthetist.

Please post below if you are interested and I will PM further details once we have set a course date. The course will be held in Yorkshire and will be approximately £495 or thereabouts.

Please do not PM as my inbox gets about 30 messages a day and I can't read or reply to them all. Please remember PERSEC and don't post any personal details in your posts. Just indicate your interest so that I can gauge level of interest. I need about 12 candidates to run a course but will run one for less if the interest level is high enough.
 
Sounds excellent... but for me it would depend on where..? within the UK I'm afraid and it is rare for me to leave Scotland during the winter months due to the climbing..? so dates are crucial... good luck

sorry, just seen Yorkshire.. OK I'll have a think
 
this is def the way to go i for one would be interested in this not onlly as a refresher but learn new skills, i have to secure work first then ill get back touch mate.........im in newcastle so not too far too travel....
 
Additionally, we hope the following accreditations will apply. Those with a * are pending and those without have already been granted.

HSE First Aid at Work
A leading medical gas supplier - (additional certificate issued by them)
The manufacturer of the advanced airways taught - (additional certificate issued by them)
Emergency Care and Safety Institute*
American Heart Association*
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons*
American Academy of Emergency Physicians*
 
Just to clarify, this course is now approved and accredited by the same organisation responsible for the production of Nancy Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets which is now seen as the leading textbook in paramedic education throughout the world.

This advanced first aid course is accredited by:

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
American College of Emergency Physicians (previously mistyped by me, my apologies)
A leading UK medical gas supplier who support the medical gas section of the course
Emergency Care and Safety Institute
HSE (for the approval of the First Aid at Work element)
American Heart Association (for the CPR and ILS elements)
It also follows the UK and European Rescuscitation Council guidelines for CPR and ILS

The proposed syllabus is as follows but we can add additional content on request:

- Treatment of the unconscious casualty
- Heart attacks
- CPR and rescuscitation
- Automated defibrillation
- Airway management using adjuncts
- Recognition and treatment of shock
- Choking
- Bleeding
- Burns and scalds
- Poisoning
- Fracture management
- Recognising and managing seizures
- Recognition and treatment of asthma
- Recognition and treatment of severe allergic reactions
- Management of injuries to the eye
- Treatment of diabetic emergencies including low blood sugar
- Treatment of fainting
- Advanced management of fractures and ballistic trauma in the field
- A whole day of resuscitation scenario training
- A whole day of training and practice in trauma scenarios
- A whole day practising medical emergencies management
- Use of clotting agents such as quick clot
- Use of arterial tourniquets
- Use of laryngeal airway devices
- Administration of oxygen and analgesic gases
- An introduction to IV access (this will not imply competence)

Certification will be issued by us (HSE First Aid at Work), ECSI, AAOS and ACEP. You will also get a certificate from the airway manufacturers and the medical gas supplier confirming competence in the use of the airways and the medical gases.

Prior to the course, candidates will receive text books and a work book in the post. There will also be an optional online learning element with videos to support learning. The course will then be 5 days in length.

It's my opinion that by offering FAW with additional bolt on training, we can satisfy the SIA, employers and students without offending anyone or implying that a course is more than it actually is.
 
Pardon me for being inquisitive, but as far as the ALSG (Advanced life Support Group) are concerned, i thought that they only accredidted NHS establishments to run the ILS, ALS, MIMMS, PHTLS Courses etc.

Are you working under an NHS Establishment and if so, which one, as i dont want to pay out money fopr a course that i wont get a proper ILS Certificate at the end of it

Its ok having all those american organisations accrediting the course, but i have no intentions of ever working in the states
 
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First of all BatMed1 as you are nothing more than a troll this will be my last reply to a post that you write and you will never be welcome to attend any courses which my company runs as you have been exposed as the walt you are. Your only purpose here is to cause trouble and you are not welcome.

Secondly, ALSG do not accredit either ILS or ALS and any institution can operate courses not just NHS.

Thirdly, most of the companies operating in Iraq, Afghanistan and other HE environments are AMERICAN companies who specify and require AMERICAN accreditations.

Fourthly, the course materials and course content are prepared by, edited by and accredited by the British Paramedic Association and ALL accreditations are equally valid in the UK following the UK guidelines. PHTLS completed in Florida or PHTLS completed in Nottingham is PHTLS regardless of the institution delivering the course. You might as well slate any of the CP training providers on here whose training is overseas based. Ours is UK accredited for FAW (an SIA requirement) and is structured to fit the CP environment. Apply pressure and call 999 doesn't really apply to CP now does it? Clotting agents and arterial tourniquets do and the HSE have confirmed that it is within the remit to include these in FAW if the workplace has a requirement for them.

Fifthly, there is no such thing as a licence to practice in the UK and competence to practice is determined by the employer of an individual where they are not registered or the professional registration of an individual, not by a certificate whoever issued by (contrary to what you think your lack of training and phony titles allow you to do).

Take your huge chip back to wherever it is you want to pretend to be more than you are next and stop trying to cause trouble. FAW + AED + Med gases + Trauma management is what I am offering and I have not pretended to offer any more or any less. All accreditations are plain to see and all courses are recognised throughout the world including the UK. Stop looking for a fight pal because this isn't one you are going to win.
 
fluffy, website is being built at the moment; because we are going to be processing credit cards etc I am having it done by a company who are integrating this for us and it is taking a bit longer than expected.
 
The good news is that the IO section of the course is now accredited by the manufacturers of the devices that will be taught. So anyone attending will get a certificate of competence from them.
 
I'm interested UKparamedic, very interested.
If I get something wrong on the course, please don't call me a troll as it's took me 2 hours to stop giggling over that comment, and I'll bugger up the sessions for the rest of the day.
 
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