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RYA First Aid Course – Saturday 15th March 2025

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RYA First Aid Course – Saturday 15th March 2025

RYA First Aid Course

Saturday 15th March 2025

COURSE TIMES

9.00AM – 5.00PM

Jubilee Room

BYC Members – £53

Non-Members – £84

This one-day course covers all the usual first aid subjects, but from a boating perspective. It is aimed at anyone who goes afloat, whether on inland waters, rivers, estuaries or on cross channel passages.

In a medical emergency a little first aid knowledge and immediate action can save lives, especially in remote locations. This one-day course is designed to provide a working knowledge of first aid for people using small craft and to support skippers.

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
Details Price Qty
First Aid Saturday 15th March 2025 - BYC Members Ticketshow details + £53.00 GBP  
First Aid Saturday 15th March 2025 - Non Members Ticketshow details + £85.50 GBP  

  • First Aid Saturday 15th March 2025
     15th March 2025
     9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Venue:  

Venue Phone: 028 9127 1467

Address:
Ballyholme Yacht Club, Seacliff Rd, Bangor, Down, BT20 5HT, United Kingdom

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