8 Hour Aqua First Aid

Who Is This Course For?
This course is useful for those involved in canoesport who would like a basic level of First Aid. It also fulfils the requirements for an 8 hour first aid qualification, a pre-requirement for many coaching awards.

Course Aims
The aims of this course are:

 - To develop an understanding of basic first aid required for those involved in canoesport

Skills Covered
This course covers the skills required to administer basic first aid in a canoesport environment.  It includes dealing with basic medical accidents and element of CPR.

Outline Programme

All of these areas will be covered in a practical way during the course, giving you the opportunity to learn from the staff and other course participants alike.

It is important to note that the above outline programme is a guide.  Times may vary due to weather conditions or other reasons.

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?

The following list is a suggestion of what you should bring.  Waterproofs and rucksacks may be borrowed from our extensive stores. You should bring the following:

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
Your course is a one day course

Catering
Your course is fully catered – soup and sandwiches are provided at lunch time.

What next?
Having completed this course, you should have an understanding of the basic first aid techniques required to deal with most minor medical emergencies likely to be encountered during the course of general canoesport activities.  You may decide to develop your skills further, and could look at courses such as ‘REC Emergency or REC Standard’.