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This Lantra-accredited Customised Award is exclusively developed and delivered by a Lantra-approved Training Provider, who meets our quality standards. The course is specifically tailored to meet learners’ needs. For further details about the course content and delivery locations, please contact the Training Provider using the details provided below.
The minimum age to undertake this course is 16.
The finer details
Theoretical and Practical elements of the course to cover the following:
- Common Illnesses and Injury
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- Burns
- Basic Life Support
- Ballistic Trauma
Delivery method
Classroom and practicalRecognised by
Lantra AwardsCourse description:
Who should attend?
Those involved in regulated shooting over land or at a range or as part of their occupation. The course is aimed at members of Home Office Approved Shooting Clubs but is open to anyone who handles and uses firearms in any environment. The course is also suitable for those working in austere and remote environments whereby there is risk they will have to deal with such injury or illness.What will be covered?
Key topics covered are:
- General and common medical conditions. This will include the recognition and management of such in both rural and urban areas.
- The safe approach to an incident from approaching to also locating and directing emergency services to scene.
- Slips, trips, falls and burns. A brief overview on what may happen and the implications of this going forward.
- Ballistic trauma. It is important to have an understanding of how the projectile works and enters the human body, together with the damage it causes as it travels through.
- Awareness of Basic Life Support and the importance of the recognition to improve the chain of survival
- Handover tools to aide shooters in the correct information gathering and handover to the next level of care, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
- Site assessment and identifying suitable equipment and considerations to be put in place.
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