REC (L5) TRAVEL & EXPEDITION FIRST AID (March 23rd/24th)

Congratulations to the 8 participants who completed the course to a very high standard.

​Thanks to Helen Menhinick of Menhinick Outdoors Limited for observing and assisting as she beings her pathway to becoming a REC Trainer.

The course was held at Brecon Scout Hut and there are 2 CPD points approved by Mountain Training For this course.
​The course is administered and certificated by the original REC (established in 1986) organisation.

The next REC L5 course is on June 15th/16th at Brecon Scout Hut - the full syllabus can be viewed on the Rescue Emergency Care website or by emailing alanmward@gmail.com and bookings made via helenmenhinick@hotmail.co.uk as Menhinick Outdoors Limited kindly provide the administration for these courses.

​PLease scroll down to view the syllabus for this course.

FEEDBACK - the greatest strengths of this course are:
1. Practical experience of the instructor + training equipment used.
2. Alan's knowledge + experience.
3. Open discussions + feedback after each item.
4. Instructor experience and knowledge + Working with other people in similar roles + sharing of experiences and discussions.
5. Alan's vast expedition knowledge made the training interesting as practical examples enhanced learning.
6. Good content + real life experiences strengthened delivery.
7. Very personable information at a good pace + GSOH + lots of relevant scenarios which were real life scenarios.
8. Great balance of theory and practical + trainer experiences invaluable.

FEEDBACK - Improvemennts to the course could include:
1. None.
2. Less time on L2 topics but this was beneficial as a recap.
3. More hands on.
​4. More comprehensive coverage of theory that is later assessed.

TRAVEL & EXPEDITION FIRST AID (16 HR): A two day course (16 hours). The travel and expedition first aid course is designed to introduce a systematic way of advanced first aid for managing casualties. Topic learning and practicals intermixed with scenarios of real situations. The course includes:

• Development of skills gained at emergency level

• In-depth review of emergency care topics

• Advanced techniques • skills • development

• Review of special interest topics by the candidates (advance notification is required)

The Content

First aid training with the REC scheme is easy and fun. The course is progressive by building on each session, introducing new scenarios to test all techniques for:

• Environment: hazards • cold • heat • chemicals • poisons • light • toxic substances

• Escort: vital signs • psychological • advanced monitoring • fluids • stretcher • splints • pain control

• Illness: chest pain • stroke • asthma • epilepsy • diabetes • poisons • hyperventilation • mental

• Scenarios: triage • incident management • emergency plans • action cards

• Travel: dislocations • wound management • tropical diseases • gastric illnesses • altitude + pac
• Reporting of incidents, accidents and near misses

The Assessment

• Travel first aid is assessed by observation of practical skills (scenarios and case studies) throughout the course and written assignments

The Candidates

• All lay candidates will have completed the Level 2 Outdoor First Aid course

• Will be able to take control of an incident and direct standard First Aiders

• Will be able to deal with more complex problems and use advanced methods
• Will have an awareness of BS8848:2014

The Qualification

• The Travel & Expedition First Aid course if certified for three years and can count as 2 CPD points with Mountain Training