REC Level 2 first aid, Cambridge
We spent an enjoyable two days under the instruction of Louise Worsley, who has led several first aid courses for the club before. We covered the basics of first aid, and then worked through a variety of fun and useful scenarios, covering many first aid situations which could occur while hill walking. The scenarios also taught us how to manage an emergency scene, which turned out to be more important than we thought.
There were 12 participants on the course, with the other 10 coming from other outdoors groups in Cambridge — an arrangement which worked very well.
Everyone passed the course, and enjoyed the two days with Louise. The two CUHWC members, as well as the members of other outdoors groups, should be more confident in dealing with medical emergencies in future.