Join us for a High Peak Wilderness First Aid Course in the Sun of Almanzora, Spain

We are providing another High Peak Wilderness First Aid Course at Almanzora, Spain on 25-26 May.  Flights from the UK are very cheap at the moment.  Mountain Biking Spain are hosting us again – the weather and accommodation will be great! If you wish to attend this first aid course, please contact us – at the moment we have a few places left.  The course is suitable for anyone who needs to have first aid skills to cope with an emergency in the outdoors where help is likely to be delayed.  All participants will receive a copy of our robust, waterproof manual designed to fit into a first aid kit.

There is also the opportunity for some fantastic mountain bike riding.  If you have the time you could also take advantage of Mountain Biking Spains guiding service.

Wilderness First Aid Nepal

Time seems to fly here at High Peak First Aid! It only seems 5 minutes ago our Office Manager Sandie started work and nearly a year has passed. We recenly increased our office staff to include Sue who will be assisting Sandie and managing the first aid supplies we sell.  We also have two new tutors who will be starting our Tutor training programme shortly. Courses continued to run throughout the winter and I went off to Nepal to run our Wilderness First Aid Courses.  I am now adding photos on our Face Book page – it’s difficult to choose which ones to put up!

Due to the continued support of our clients we can now offer returning clients a complimentary, quality first aid kit for the outdoors.  Throughout the year we are planning a series of events to say thank you for the loyalty our clients have shown.

This photo was taken from the banks of the River Seti – great place for a classroom!

Happy New Year from High Peak First Aid Training

We hope you had a great Christmas and New Year! We would like to thank all our clients for the last 16 years.  Without your help we wouldn’t be where we are.  Once again this UK Winter, our High Peak Wilderness First Aid Training is divided between the UK and Nepal.  Courses are running in both countries – we have a receptionist, Sarah,  in the UK to take your call and Sandie our Office Manager is co-ordinating bookings.  I am co-ordinating our Nepali bookings this season and running our wilderness first aid courses. I will update our site with photos shortly.  We have a great mix of Nepali and International guides in a fantastic locations.

2012 has seen another increase in our level of business and we have been planning over the last 12 months for a great 2013 which we look forward to sharing with you!

High Peak First Aid Wilderness First Aid Expedition Courses

We have been very busy the last few weeks on first aid courses. We are also making good headway on developments for our clients in the next few weeks and for early next year.

We are having a new communications system installed over the next few weeks which will improve our service further still.  We also have several Tutors starting on our training programme.  So, the next few weeks are looking very busy as we are also providing our Hazardous Environment Health and Safety First Aid at Work Courses, Mountain Biking First Aid in Spain and preparing for another season of Wilderness First Aid in Nepal.

Medical Gases on High Peak Wilderness Expedition Leader Course

This is the course to book if you are a leader or participant on an overseas expedition. On this course we ensure you have carefully planned your wilderness trip in advance by giving you over twenty years of our experience. You will then be confident and prepared to deal with an incident or evacuation of an ill or injured person.

We look at some of the external factors that can delay or even stop rescue of a person and ways to avoid and get round such an occurrence. We will take you through some basic to advanced first aid techniques and will make sure you have the knowledge to put a comprehensive medical kit together that will also survive the environment you are visiting.

There is the option to have various modules such as Altitude Illness, Bites and Stings and Leadership Development.

Here is a link to Wilderness First Aid Expedition Leader

Here is a link to Explorers Connect where you can also see more information.

We have over 600sq ft of training area totally dedicated to Wilderness First Aid training and access to acres of private land with varied terrain for practical scenarios.  Plenty of  free parking, free WIFI, easy access to public transport, stacks of outdoor related magazines and books for you to read.  Piles of shiny kit, mannequins and stretchers for you to use! (Course Director has an unhealthy obsession with collecting stretchers)!  Experienced and knowledgeable Tutors with experience in rescue teams and on expeditions.

We have been providing first aid and medical skills training for the urban, wilderness and hostile environments since 1997.  Previous clients include three successful Everest Expeditions, British Gurkhas Nepal, Combined Cadets Adventurous Training, Force Development Training Centre, Joint Services Adventurous Training, RAF Cranwell, NRDC ITA and Paddle Nepal.  We also trained Sanubabu Sunuwar before his epic flight from the summit of Mount Everest last year! Babu and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa are the National Geographic Adventurers of the year.

By booking with us you are also helping to raise the safety standards in Nepal.  We work closely with Paddle Nepal a rafting company to train their staff in Wilderness First Aid and safety standards.  We employ a sliding scale of fees to our courses to enable young, potential raft guides the opportunity to gain an international qualification and employment in rafting companies.  This enables them to gain experience to then work overseas in Iceland, Europe and Japan and ultimately bring an income to their families.  We work extremely hard in Nepal but we love the chance to help out other people!

First Aid and Team Building for Duke of Edinburghs Award

A productive and muddy day of first aid training and team building with Marple Hall School. The pupils attended as an introduction to first aid and as a build up to being selected for taking part in the Duke of Edinburghs Award. The whole event took place outside.  The day started with Dave our full size mannequin who had collapsed with chest pains out in the woods next to our training centre.  Luckily our AED (Automated External Defibrillator) was on hand and the pupils took turns in chest compression only CPR and taking direction from the AED (Dave had vomitted and had smashed his teeth when he fell, hence chest compressions only).

Next session was treatment of the unconscious casualty.  The pupils rapidly picked up the ABC’s and the Safe Airway Position.  The last session before lunch covered all the new skills plus treatment of bleeds – our casualty simulation added to the realism.

Thankfully our warm centre is only a minute from the woods! The pupils had learnt so much in a short space of time and were exceptionally well behaved we had the opportunity to let them work on the steep and rugged piece of terrain we use for our Wilderness First Aid Courses.

During the morning session the pupils had carried Dave outside on our backboard and then manoevered him back up a slippy slope with some good team work.  Because of this I felt confident to show them the correct procedure for moving a live person onto a backboard with head blocks.  This was a good build up to the last event of the day.

The pupils were split into two groups with a casualty each. Within 45 minutes they had extracted a badly injured casualty from a Paragliding harness, treated the fractures and immobilised them with neoprene fracture straps, wrapped them in a Blizzard Blanket (Double skinned foil blanket used for hypothermia) and then loaded them onto their teams stretcher.

One team had the spider straps, back board and head blocks and the other team used our MIBS MkII stretcher. Considering we had not told them how to use a MIBS stretcher or neoprene splints they did an outstanding job! Part of the excercise was to also use some common sense – hence the lack of explanation.

We had a thoroughly enjoyable day and it was great to see Year Nines working so well and enthusiastically. Their manners and behaviour were also impeccable.  Sandie our Office Manager used to be a teacher and was most impressed by their high standards.  Under the wet and muddy conditions we worked in today they are a credit to their school, teachers and parents.  We were so impressed we sent them home on the train with certificates of achievement!

Two hours of kit cleaning (I am so glad we have a pressure washer) and we are now ready for tomorrows group.

High Peak First Aid Medical Gases

Due to expansion we are looking to employ an administrator to assist our Office Manager, Sandie.  We also have vacancies to join our team of First Aid Tutors. We employ Tutors on a full time or part time basis.  For administrator role – please call 01433 621484.  For the First Aid Tutor role please email us with your interest and we will send out the selection criteria.

Casualty Handling with High Peak First Aid

Thank you to all our regular and new clients! Thanks to your continued and increased support we are now offering you more value for your course fee. Early birds can take breakfast with us and enjoy the open space of our grounds and wildlife.  We have a discount scheme in operation for returning clients managed by Microsoft Dynamics CRM which enables us to run reports and see how you have contributed to our success – we think it only fair that we reward you with discounted courses and first aid supplies.  Your support has also enabled us to take on another member of staff as Office Manager and employ a new Tutor.

We have the return of our networking events as the trials we ran proved very successful for everyone concerned and the charities we support. We also offer course members the chance to return on the second day of our High Peak First Aid – Wilderness First Aid Course for free! It is not mandatory for you to refresh in the three year period, however we find people like to attend to refresh knowledge and prepare for assessments such as Walking Group Leader – WGL, Basic Expedition Leader Award – BELA, SPA – Single Pitch Award, to name a few.  We have a packed year ahead and will keep you posted with regular updates!

We are having a 15 year celebration of providing first aid courses by offering past and future clients a great service and value for money when you book a training course with us. Our first offer of 2012 is for all past and future clients on our High Peak Wilderness First Aid Course.  Once you have completed the first aid course it will last for three years before you need to renew the qualification. Currently, there is no mandatory refresher.  However, we offer you the opportunity to attend the second day of the High Peak Wilderness First Aid Course at any time in the three year period for free! This will enable you to refresh your skills and feel more confident to deal with an incident in a remote location. It would also be useful for you to attend if you are going for an assessment with the British Canoe Union – BCU, Mountain Leader Training Association – MLTA, Mountain-Bike Instructors’ Award Scheme – MIAS and British Caving Association – BCA. These are just a few examples of the national organisations that recognise our first aid training courses. We can also give you up to date advice on what to have in a first aid kit and equipment to carry to deal with an emergency when help may be delayed. We also have a range of tough, waterproof manuals, casualty card and and rescue request forms to make your life easier!

If you are not attending the High Peak Wilderness First Aid course we have other packages for all the courses that we offer – I will be posting regular updates here, on our High Peak First Aid Trainings Face Book Page and on our Twitter Account as HighPeak1stAid.

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• Mountain First Aid Courses
• First Aid Courses
• First Aid At Work Courses

Over the next two weeks we are bringing out our new ‘High Peak Wilderness First Aid’ Courses.  We will have courses ranging from one day through to five days – all supported with our range of waterproof manuals to ensure you can deal with an incident in any environment. The courses are recognised by National Governing Bodies so if you are a caver, paddler, mountainbiker or mountaineer we can provide you with a suitable course. We will also have first aid courses to enable you to work with expeditions that have a core competencies associated with leadership and management.

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