RYA First Aid

This RYA First Aid course covers all the usual topics from a boating perspective. It is designed to give a working knowledge of First Aid to skippers and those using small craft.

If you are looking to get commercially endorsed, we will also be able to provide the additional Category C subsection.

The RYA First Aid course is recommended by the MCA and HSE fulfills the requirements for:

• 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 World Sailing’s regulations on first aid training (OSR 4.08.4)

Course Content Includes

• 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

Delivered in classes with a limited amount of students to ensure individual instructor attention.

Students will be exposed to theoretical first aid, interspersed with time for practical, hands-on experience including recovery position, log roll, and CPR, with adaptations to the onboard environment where applicable.
A lot of attention will be given to cold shock and hypothermia with in-depth explanations to ensure the best understanding of this condition, its avoidance, recognition, and management.

The course results in a certificate, valid for three years.

Ability After Course

Be able to gauge what sort of action needs to be taken, know how to perform CPR with drowning protocol and other First Aid techniques, and be familiar with the procedures for evacuation by helicopter and radioing for medical advice.

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