Essential Outdoor First Aid Training

This session builds on existing outdoor experience, focusing on practical skills that help you manage first aid and medical emergencies.

You’ll develop:

• Better decision-making in changeable mountain environments

• Risk awareness and management without relying on fixed plans

• Group awareness and communication in small teams

• Foundations of casualty care and problem-solving outdoors

Learning is hands-on and scenario-based, with time to practise, reflect, and adapt — not classroom-led or assessment-driven.

This session is suitable for adults who already spend time outdoors and want to build confidence operating in wild places.

Participants should:

• Be reasonably fit and comfortable walking for several hours on uneven ground

• Have some prior hillwalking or outdoor experience (not suitable as a first-ever mountain experience)

• Be able to carry a daypack with personal equipment

• Be willing to engage actively, make decisions, and learn as part of a small group

• Be prepared for changeable UK mountain weather

No formal qualifications are required. This is a learning-focused weekend, not an assessment or guided walk.

• Real-world experience – training led by an experienced UK outdoor professional with a background in expedition work, emergency care, and outdoor instruction
  
• Skills over summits – the focus is on decision-making, movement, and judgement, not ticking routes or chasing objectives
  
• Small group learning – limited numbers to maximise hands-on practice, discussion, and individual feedback
  
• Adaptable and realistic – locations and plans flex to conditions, mirroring how good decisions are made in real mountain environments
  
• Calm, supportive approach – professional, down-to-earth teaching that builds confidence without ego
  
• Purpose-led – a percentage of every booking supports UK mountain safety and rescue organisations