Course Title:	REC Emergency
Course Dates:	29 Feb - 2 Mar 2008, 9 - 11 May 2008, 5 - 7 September 2008
Cost:	₤150

Who Is This Course For?

This course is for those wishing to gain a basic qualification in First Aid which is acceptable for SPA & MLA holders.

 

Course Aims

To:

·      Introduce the fundamental workings of the body, in particular, the heart, lungs and airway

·      Help students recognise the difference between - healthy - ill - injured

·      Give students the ability to record the baseline measurements of the vital body functions

·      introduce a system to cope with all incidents as safely as possible

·      help in deciding how to deal with an accident or incident - what to do first - how to avoid further harm

 

The Emergency Care Responder

·      an emergency care responder will be able to take control of an incident in the absence of a standard first aider

·      emergency care responders are able to cope with common occurrences - collapse - choking - bleeding

·      further training is needed for - environment - equipment - common illness - health and safety

 

Skills Covered

·      training for rescue emergency care with the REC scheme is easy and fun

·      the course is progressive by first building on each session by introducing new scenarios to test the techniques

 

·      first responder vital signs - emergency action - airway - unconscious - choking - bleeding

·      resuscitation breathing problems - rescue breathing - circulation problems - shock - cpr

·      injury bruises - sprains - dislocations - fractures - eyes - burns - spinal - torso

·      rescue how to cope in an emergency - lifting turning carrying casualties - stretchers

·      assessment reviews material on standard course - practical - written

The Assessment

·      emergency care is assessed by observation of practical skills and written multiple choice questionnaire

The Qualification

·      emergency care is a certified course for two years and the entry point for the REC scheme and the adventure care series

The Equipment

·      how to treat common accidents and incidents by improvisation or with minimal equipment

Our Staff
The instructor(s) who will work with you are all highly experienced and qualified.  Tollymore prides itself in the knowledge and experience that its full time and part time staff bring to its courses.  Our staff are all keen hillwalkers, mountaineers and paddlers and some are involved in Mountain Rescue Teams   You may well have met them in the hills in the past or will bump into them in the future on days when they are not working!

All are obliged to attend annual staff updates and training courses


What do I need to bring?
Candidates need not bring any specific equipment for these courses but should come prepared with clothing suitable for practising first aid scenarios in the outdoors.

Tollymore Information
Tollymore Mountain Centre, on the edge of the Mournes, is Northern Ireland’s National Centre for Mountaineering and Canoeing Activities.  It is funded and managed by the Sports Council for Northern Ireland as a National Centre. The Centre is an attractive, purpose-built facility of log construction with accommodation for 30 people in 2, 4 and 6 berth bedrooms.  Quilts, pillows and bed linen are all provided.  The Centre is well appointed with toilets, showers, modern kitchen, lecture room, workshop and drying room.  Outside there is ample parking space, a ropes course and a floodlit granite-climbing wall.  A modern indoor climbing wall is open year round.  The centre is ideally situated on the edge of the Mournes, with quick and easy access to the hills.

The Central Council for Physical Recreation opened Tollymore Mountain Centre in 1969.  In 1974, it passed to the newly established Sports Council for Northern Ireland Trust.  In 1995, Tollymore achieved the management standard BS EN ISO 9001:2000 for the quality systems it operates.   However, as part of Sports Council for Northern Ireland’s ongoing commitment to the development of the National Centre, Tollymore will be undergoing a major redevelopment, commencing in 2007.  The facilities will be improved and expanded, to ensure that Tollymore remains as an example of best practice in the provision of mountaineering, hillwalking, climbing and canoeing courses in Northern Ireland.

Accommodation
Accommodation is included in your course fee.  Accommodation is in comfortable dormitories, and you will have full use of all Tollymore Mountain Centre facilities, including drying room, lounge and access to a wide range of instructional and inspirational videos and books for any spare time. Tollymore has a number of comfortable meeting rooms, where the instructors will meet the group prior to the start of the course each day.  We will also meet here over a cup of tea or coffee for reviewing the course on Sunday afternoon.

Catering
Your course is fully catered, so all you will need to bring is some additional snack food.

What next?
Having completed this course, you should have a sound understanding of basic emergency first aid. The next logical progression is the REC standard which gives a much more in depth training in First Aid. These courses form the basis for the REC Advanced and the REC Trainers Course.

Useful contacts:

Mountaineering Council of Ireland,
Sport HQ,
13 Joyce Way,
Parkwest Business Park,
Dublin 12.
Tel +353-1-6251115
Fax +353-1-6251116 

Email mci@eircom.net

www.mountaineering.ie