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Aviation First Aid – Recurrent

Name: Aviation First Aid – Recurrent
Start: 2021-01-19T12:30:00+00:00
End: 2021-01-19T17:00:00+00:00
Location: London Oxford International Airport

19 January@12:30 pm-5:00 pm

Cost: £200 per person

Booking deposit £20 per person

Course Duration: 4.5 hours

Course Timings: 1230-1700

Aviation first aid gives aircrew a thorough understanding of all regulated first aid procedures as well as the necessary hands on practical skills, to enable aircrew to confidently administer all first aid practices and increase the casualties chance of survival until such time medical professionals can reach the aircraft.

Our recurrent course is 4.5hrs and gives aircrew a thorough overview of all common medical conditions, signs and symptoms and treatment and the chance to practice all practical first aid skills. This course is suitable for those requiring refresher training or those needing initial first aid that have attended a first aid course within 5 years.

Aviation First Aid Syllabus:

General Aero-Medical Aspects and Survival
Physiological Effects of Flying Including Hypoxia, Oxygen Requirements, Eustachian Tubal Function and Barotraumas
Air Sickness
Gastrointestinal Disturbances
Burns
Wounds
The Unconscious
Fractures and Soft Tissue Injuries
Asthma
Stress and Allergic Reactions
Shock
Diabetes
Choking
Epilepsy including Febrile Convulsions
Stroke
Childbirth
Heart Attack
Use of Equipment including First Aid Oxygen, First Aid Kit
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) including Aircraft Environment
Travel Health and Hygiene including:
- Hygiene On-board
- Risk of Contact with Contagious Diseases and Means to Reduce Risk
- Handling of Clinical Waste
- Aircraft Disinsection
- Death On-board
- Alertness Management, Physical Effects of Fatigue, Sleep Physiology, Circadian Rhythms and Time Zone Changes