First Aid for cavers workshop - spaces available

[CNCC Training]

A couple of spaces left on this really useful workshop 14-15 October.

Please pass the information around

First Aid skills for Cavers

A two day, uncertificated first aid course, aimed at cavers who would like to learn and practice first aid skills suitable for an underground environment. Day One will be spent learning...

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Kind regards

Ian

 

[emma7027]

I did this course in September and found it very useful. Nicky was a brilliant instructor and really made you think about how you would adapt your standard first aid training and techniques to a caving environment.

 

[ChrisB]

I also did it and recommend it. It's deliberately not based on a standard syllabus, it's focused on challenges that might come up in a caving incident - and day 2 is hands on, in a cave.

 

[LadyMud]

I've heard really good reports about this workshop.
Definitely not your "bog standard" outdoor First Aid course.

 

[ChrisB]

Exercise from the first course - fractured leg and hypothermia

 

[cavemanmike]

One of our members (who is also a very experienced nurse) attended the first course and was impressed

 

[Tim Pickering]

I'm really looking forward to this.

 

[CNCC]

First Aid for Cavers Workshop 14-15th October 2023 - Report

Thanks to everyone who attended this workshop.

This was a two-day workshop at the bargain price of £30, which covered a wide range of cave-feasible situations:

• Incident priorities and scene safety
• Primary and secondary surveys of casualty
• Vital signs
• Sending for help
• Recovery position
• CPR and drowning
• Choking
• Bleeding and shock - including treatment of catastrophic bleeding
• Broken bones and dislocations
• Head, chest and spinal injuries
• Hypothermia
• Other medical emergencies - heart attack, stroke, diabetes, epilepsy, asthma
• Improvisation of equipment
• Moving casualties
• Prioritisation and triage

This was more than just a classroom course. On the second day, actual in-cave simulations enabled participants to apply their new skills underground. This workshop was attended, amongst others, by our Secretary (Jill, pretending to be unconscious in the photo above), and the BCA Chairman. We understand that Jill was so keen to simulate an injury that she “accidently” knelt on the BCA Chairman! Thankfully he was fine, and CNCC has not been demoted from our position as a BCA constituent body.

We will no doubt run this workshop again in 2024. If you would like to receive advanced notice of new dates, join our mailing list