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Trainer (Brendan) was very good. Since everyone was already familiar with content and re-qualifying he quickly covered the essentials making sure to see all of us all individually and successfully perform. Drew out individual candidates' personal experiences (e.g. being on receiving end of being injected with an epi pen/dealing with hypothermia etc) and led discussions on these to the benefit of the whole group. Was happy to go into deeper depth on topics of interest e.g. using climber's ropes to make a stretcher instead of a tarp or bivvy bag and altitude sickness. Only criticism is that whilst the teaching was done outdoors the available ground was very benign i.e. gently sloping lawn or flat ground with a few minor tree roots - so no opportunity to practice stabilising a casualty on steep or very uneven ground.
Really interesting and fun way of learning. Understood all what Brendan said. Really pleased I did it.
Great well taught course that refreshed all of the critical first aid skills required for the outdoors
Only thing is that for me travel was abit far. A closer training course to fareham would be better. I understand there may not be a great demand for it.
Derek was brilliant. The content was impressive and seemed comprehensive in terms of dealing with potentially life-threatening situations, but seemed to leave out some things which are perhaps deemed too obvious, like how to tie a head bandage, The admin was lousy. I didn't receive a pre-course inal briefing (with essential info about how to get to Merrist Hill) until the evening before. I didn't receive the pre-course handout that others did.
More time on practicals for all the group would be beneficial.
Leader extremely knowledgeable and friendly! Organised and friendly. I would say that it was slow paced at times, and could have been done in a day. However, The instructor made it fun, and really nailed it sticking in my head. The fact that he had 20 minutes to spare, and then allowed us the freedom to create a scenario and went along.