Rescue Emergency Care (REC) is a well known and respected first aid training organisation founded in the mid 1980s by Dr Robert Phillips while working in remote healthcare and adventure rescue services. REC was set up to provide a comprehensive and flexible training programme that extends the competency of the participants.

The courses are practical and innovative which brings a fresh dimension to learning first aid.

Rescue Emergency Care strives to provide candidates with a unique learning experience that is completely relevant to their needs, with specific environmental and work place considerations.

Our courses have therefore been the popular choice of the Sports Governing Bodies including the MLTB, BCU, RYA for many years. REC courses are ideal for teachers , D of E leaders and instructors who operate in the outdoors.

The Emergency First Aid course  is a two day course (16 hours) designed to introduce a systematic way of first aid for managing casualties. Topic learning and practicals intermixed with scenarios of real situations. The course includes:

• The fundamental workings of the body, in particular the heart, lungs and airway
• Assessing a casualty
• Introduces a system to cope with all incidents as safely as possible
• Deciding how to deal with an accident or incident
• Awareness of delayed medical help and adverse environmental conditions

The Content

First aid training with the REC scheme is easy and fun. The course is progressive by building on each session, introducing new scenarios to test all techniques for:

• Emergency: vital signs, emergency action, airway, unconscious, choking, bleeding
• Breathing and circulation, cpr
• Environment: heat stress, cold stress, hot injuries, cold injuries
• Illness: chest pain, stroke, asthma, epilepsy, diabetes
• Injury: head, spine, chest, abdomen, pelvis, bones, soft tissue, eye
• Rescue: transportation, communication

The Emergency first aid course is certified for three years . It is the approved course for RYA, BCU, MLTB, BOF.