RYA First Aid

In a medical emergency, basic first aid knowledge and immediate action can save lives, especially in remote locations.

Our one-day RYA First Aid course covers the usual first-aid areas, but with a boating focus. It is designed to provide a working knowledge of first aid for people using small craft and addresses the associated risks, dangers and likely injuries.

It fulfils the requirements for;

• Professional skippers working under the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Codes of Practice for Small Vessels Operated Commercially
• The Senior First Aid certificate needed by offshore racers subject to World Sailing’s regulations on first aid training (OSR 4.08.4);
• The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations, 1981 for the purposes of Emergency First Aid at Work.

The subjects specific to boating include:

• The recovery position in a confined space
• CPR, including the drowning protocol
• Cold shock and hypothermia from immersion and/or exposure
• Seasickness and dehydration
• Medical assistance or advice by VHF
• Helicopter rescue

Format

Our one-day RYA First Aid course is run from our dedicated classroom in Port Hamble Marina on a Sunday (10am start)