It is compulsory for all Venturer Managers to be first aid certified. There are no exceptions.
ALL Venturer Managers regardless of their role will need a First Aid qualification.
Health and Wellbeing Coordinators will need proven experience in using their First Aid certification. E.g. working with St. John’s Ambulance, as well as a certificate for their Mental Health First Aid Training (or proven experience).
Once you have completed your First Aid course, please submit your certificate via your Traveller Gateway to your Venturer Manager Coordinator. If you have previously done a first aid course and have a certificate, please check that it is still valid and in date and meets the requirements below before you upload the certificate.
Course requirements
The First Aid course must be a 16-hour, Outdoor First Aid course, for adults OR adults and children (but not just children)*.
Please make sure the course includes the following:
- Aims & Responsibilities of the First Responder
- Assessments of situations and casualty
- Airway, breathing and circulation assessments
- Introduces a system to cope with all incidents as safely as possible
- Deciding how to deal with an accident or incident
- Awareness of delayed medical help and adverse environmental conditions
- Injury management in an outdoor situation
Further Breakdown of Requirements:
- Incident management scenarios
- Priorities of Treatment
- Primary & Secondary Assessment
- Adult Resuscitation / CPR
- Airway Obstruction
- Bleeding
- Shock
- Basic Remote Fractures
- Expedition Hygiene
- Wilderness Burns
- Extremes of Temperatures
- Intermediate Remote Fractures
- Spinal Injuries
- Altitude Medicine
- Evacuation Techniques
- Bites & Stings
- Tropical Medicine
- Common Disorders
Suggested courses
Example Courses:
Your First Aid course should be ITC/Ofqual, Qualification Wales, SQA approved and met the criteria above. If unsure whether a course is suitable, please check with your Venturer Coordinator. We also encourage you to improve your understanding of common mental health issues.
Mental Health First Aid
We strongly recommend all Venturer Managers undertake some form of Mental Health First Aid Training. In the same way, as we learn physical first aid, Mental Health First Aid England teaches people how to identify, understand and help a person developing a mental health issue.
It is not a compulsory requirement*, but they do provide a 2-day course in Adult Mental Health First Aid and an introductory three-hour Mental Health Awareness course.
*This is compulsory for all Project Coordinators (wellbeing)*
