First Aid - Elementary (STCW) Certificate

What is special about this course?

This course is an introduction to First Aid techniques. The course is delivered by an approved certificated instructor and complies with the Merchant Navy Training Board (MNTB) and Sea Fish Industry Authority (SEAFISH) requirements for the issue of their certificates.

This basic training is a pre-requisite for persons seeking employment in the marine industry. Equally, the course can be applied to personnel engaged in other industries, e.g., fish farming, agriculture, etc.

Entry requirements

  • No past experience or formal qualifications are required.

Contents include -

  • Introduction to First Aid
  • Shock: Signs and Symptoms
  • Action at an Emergency
  • The unconscious casualty
  • Effects of extreme temperature
  • Hypothermia
  • Frostbite
  • Management of shock
  • Control of bleeding
  • Burns, scals and electric currents
  • Fractures
  • Rescue and transportation of casualty.

How will I study my course?

  • Short course

How long will my course last?

1 Day

Where can I study my course?

    • UHI Outer Hebrides
    • UHI Outer Hebrides (Barra Campus)
    • UHI Outer Hebrides (Benbecula Campus)
    • UHI Outer Hebrides (Stornoway Campus)

    Please note, UHI Outer Hebrides will be changing its name to UHI North, West and Hebrides in August 2023, subject to Scottish Government approval. This will not impact on your choice of course or how and where you will study.

Start date

Stornoway Campus: 

  • 3rd Mar 2023
  • 5th May 2023
  • 9th Jun 2023

Barra Learning Centre:

  • 31st May 2023

Fees

£110

What can I do on completion of my course?

  • Assist qualifying for Higher Education
  • Achieve career goals

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01851 770 000
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We are delighted that you are thinking about studying at UHI Outer Hebrides. Please note, UHI Outer Hebrides will be changing its name to UHI North, West and Hebrides in August 2023, subject to Scottish Government approval. This will not impact on your choice of course or how and where you will study. UHI Outer Hebrides operates a fair and open admissions system committed to equality of opportunity and non-discrimination. We consider all applications on merit and on the basis of ability to achieve, without discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion and/or belief, sex, sexual orientation or socio-economic background. We welcome applications from all prospective students and aim to provide appropriate and efficient services to students with disabilities.