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RYA First Aid Course
The RYA one-day course covers all the usual first aid subjects, but from a boating perspective. It is aimed at anyone who goes afloat in dinghies, yachts, windsurfers, canoes or powerboats and on inland waters or the sea.
In a medical emergency a little first aid knowledge and immediate action can save lives, especially in remote locations. This one-day course is designed to provide a working knowledge of first aid for people using small craft and to support skippers.
It fulfils the requirements for:
- RYA instructors
- RYA Yachtmasters
- Professional skippers of small craft working within 60 miles of a safe haven, including Boatmasters;
- 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.
The subjects specific to boating include: the recovery position in a confined space CPR, including the drowning protocol cold shock and hypothermia from immersion and/or exposure seasickness and dehydration medical assistance or advice by VHF helicopter rescue.
The cost includes a copy of the new RYA First Aid Manual which comes as part of the course pack with your certificate.
Please make your own arrangements for lunch. The club does have a self-service snack bar in the Lookout Lounge and coffee and tea will be left in the training room for you, but you might want to bring a packed lunch.
The session will start at 9.45 am and finish around 4.15 pm, with around 45 mins for lunch.