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Duration: 1 Day.


Previous Experience Required: None.


Certification:  At the completion of the course you will be issued with the RYA Small Craft First Aid Certificate. This certificate is valid for 3 years from the time of issue.


Course Overview: Learn basic first aid, but with a boating perspective.


Cost:  £115.00.


This course fulfils the requirements for:

  1. •professional skippers of small craft working within 60 miles of a safe haven, including Boatmasters

  2. •the Senior First Aid certificate needed by offshore racers subject to ISAF's regulations on first aid training (OSR 4.08.4).

The course is recommended by the MCA and HSE.


Itinerary: 0900 until approximately 1700.

What's Included:

All course materials including a comprehensive Red Cross First Aid manual.

Teas & coffees available.

The RYA First Aid course will teach you how to deal with basic injuries and illnesses such as, headaches, sunburn, cuts, grazes, and sprains. Progressing through to the immediate response to serious medical emergencies, concentrating on resuscitation (CPR). You will learn the procedures for obtaining outside medical assistance such as “pan pan” and the helicopter rescue service.


The subjects specific to boating include:

  1. •the recovery position in a confined space

  2. •CPR, including the drowning protocol

  3. •cold shock and hypothermia from immersion and/or exposure

  4. •seasickness and dehydration

  5. •medical assistance or advice by VHF

  6. •helicopter rescue


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