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Any recommendations for outdoor First Aid courses please folks? I've been to quite a few over the years that have varied from genuinely entertaining and useful ways to spend a weekend through to brain-meltingly dreary and formulaic.

Stockport based so probably Peak area.

Have a look at REC First Aid (Rescue Emergency Care). It's a UK wide provider of excellent, practical, hands-on training. They use regional trainers and run superb courses - I've done many with Kath Wills here in North Wales and they've all been great. Recommended. 

I did last week with Peak Mountaineering in Bamford. Sixth renewal for me so quite jaded with the things, it was really well run, we were outside as much as possible and the time flew.

Can I ask what changes were made on your course to make it 'covid safe'? 

Compared to pre-covid days - a lot more of the practical things were done on the Annie mannequin of which everyone had one to themselves. For the skills which required a partner, you had the same partner all course and only worked on them outside with a mask and gloves.

Group size seemed reduced and the classroom was huge, doors and windows always open, seats metres apart. Bottles of hand sanitizer everywhere. It felt as well thought through as possible. But a lot of outdoor time helped.

Thanks... I just wanted to see what other groups were doing. 

I have the added challenge that everyone needs to be assessed on baby, child and adult CPR, so I need to clean and change lungs of baby for each person...

Bandaging on your own leg? 

Its much harder to do scenarios isn't it...

Thanks both, appreciate your thoughts.