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Course Details
RYA First Aid Course from £59 per person.
Course Duration | 1 Day. The RYA First Aid course is 8 hours duration |
Times | 09.00 - 17.15 With working lunch. This course is 8 hours duration. |
Course Handbook | We give you the new RYA First Aid Handbook, all part of the course fee |
Assessment | Continuous assessment throughout the course |
Certification | The RYA First Aid Certificate is issued at the end of the course and is valid for 3 years |
Clothing | Please wear clothing suitable for participating in the First Aid practicals & scenarios in and outdoors |
Refreshments | We are providing tea and coffee that you can make your self or bring your own drinks. |
Lunch | Bring your own lunch |
Parking | Is free |
Course Fee | £59 Is our RYA First Aid course fee for the basic RYA First Aid course. The Technical courses featured have the latest training equipment for participants to train with - the course fee reflects the equipment in use. All dates and costs are in our Book & Pay On-Line Pay Point below. |
Other costs | No other costs for this course |
Venue Location | Tec Rec Coaching. Southampton Drystack Boatyard. 146 Millbank Street. Southampton. SO14 5QN. What 3 Words. banks anyone enter |
Hygiene | We will provide Hand Sanitiser, Gloves, Wipes, and Face Masks should you need to use them. |
Your Tutors
The RYA First Aid Course in Southampton Hampshire is overseen by Steve Gravells of Tec Rec Coaching, Steve has taught Mountain First Aid and First Aid at Sea courses for over 30 years and worked as a NHS First Responder based in the New Forest. The course will be highly interactive with practicals and theory elements taught so that you remember them!
All Tutors have first hand experience of coming across accidents and incidents whilst personally skippering Yachts, or Mountain climbing, Powerboating, Kayaking rivers/sea, Dinghy Sailing, and Windsurfing is brought to the course.
"Outstanding. I have done several RYA First Aid courses and this was the most informative, interactive and useful course I have ever experienced. A good price too! Thank you"
Nigel Lofting. RYA First Aid course.

Course Information
The RYA First Aid one day course covers all the usual first aid subjects, from a being on the water/land perspective. The course is aimed at anyone who is ashore or afloat, whether on inland waters, rivers, estuaries on cross channel passages, or heading into the hills!
Course content
CPR. Adult - Child - Baby
Practice with a Defibrillator
Actions for drowning
The recovery position.
Control bleeding - Bandaging, Tourniquets and Haemostatic dressings.
Shock; recognise and treat it
Cold shock and hypothermia
Reduced consciousness
General treatment for:- breathing difficulties, chest pain, seasickness, diabetic
emergency, anaphylaxis, hyperthermia, fractures, seizures, burns, and heart conditions
Equipping a suitable First Aid Kit
How to get medical advice or assistance by VHF/SRC radio
How to prepare for the evacuation of a casualty by helicopter
(Yacht Skippers - Category C Equipment)
"A top quality course from the Instructing to the props"
Harry Beckwith. RYA Dinghy Instructor. RYA First Aid course

Technical First Aid Training Equipment
We will be using some of the latest equipment availabe for our Technical RYA First Aid courses in Southampton Hampshire.
Have 'hands on' with the latest Bandages, Tourniquets and Haemostatics as well as Improvised Tourniquets for dealing with Catastrophic Bleeding.
We also have the latest available manikins for instructing dealing with a Choking casualty.
Have 'hands on' the latest equipment for dealing with a Hypothermic Casualty
"Best course of the numerous courses I have attended as a Commercial Skipper"
Andrew Mitchell. RYA First Aid Course
Have a go at our Test Yourself First Aid quiz - click here

It fulfills the requirements for:-
Water sports Instructors, Yacht Skippers ( RYA, BCU )
First aid training for vessels working up to area Category 2 under the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Codes of Practice for Small Vessels Operated Commercially;
First aid training needed by offshore racers subject to World Sailing's Offshore Special Regulation OSR 6.05.2;
- Professional skippers of small craft ( Commercial Endorsement ) working within 60 miles of a safe haven, including Boatmasters.
- 'CAT C' First Aid kits covered.
"Fabulous course - many thanks!!"
Paul Pritchard, Principal, West Coast Ribs. RYA First Aid Course

Hands on First Aid scenario
Each Tec Rec Coaching - RYA First Aid course will have a scenario for participants to practice skills that they have learnt.
Need a Commercial Endorsment? Check out the RYA Professional Practices and Responsibilities Course
If this RYA First Aid course is fully booked you could attend the REC (Rescue Emergency Care) 2 Day REC Outdoor First Aid Course on an alternative date, our REC course is fully recognised by the RYA for Instructor Qualifications. Click here for our REC Course webpage.

Full Body Manikins with
Training Defibrillators.
There are sanitiser pumps on each desk in the classrooms.
Electronic Feedback full body manikins for Resuscitation Training which also have built in wounds for bandaging practice.
We have always provided gloves for First Aid courses so there will be plenty of gloves on hand!.....
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This course webpage has been updated, please go to our new webpage for the RYA First Aid Course 1 Day, all Course information, dates and costs are on our website:- Click Here.