RYA First Aid at Sea
Booking details
Please select your preferred start date below.
Please select your preferred start date below.
Joining Instructions: Please click here for course joining instructions
Recommended Reading: Sailing magazines and newspapers, but this is not essential
Course Prerequisites: No assumed knowledge
Minimum Age: No minimum but Under 16’s must be accompanied by adult. Persons aged 16+ can be unaccompanied subject to other pre-requisites having been met
Professional Skippers of small craft working within 60 miles of a safe haven (up to area Category 2 under the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Codes of Practice for Small Vessels Operated Commercially), including Boatmasters, skippers and commercial workers.
The First Aid certificate is also needed by offshore racers subject to ISAF’s regulations on first aid training (OSR 6.05.2) The one-day course is designed to provide a working knowledge of first aid for people using small craft and to support skippers.
The one day RYA First Aid At Sea Course covers all the basic first aid subjects, but focuses on those operating on yachts and small craft with various situations looked at from a boating perspective.
It is aimed at anyone who is going afloat, whether on inland waters, rivers, estuaries or coastal passages.
Covering
CPR. Adult – Child – Baby
Practice with a Defibrillator (AED)
Actions for drowning
The recovery position.
Control bleeding – Bandaging, Tourniquets and Haemostatic dressings.
Shock; recognise and treat it
Cold shock and hypothermia Reduced consciousness
General treatment for:- breathing difficulties, chest pain, seasickness, diabetic emergency, anaphylaxis, hyperthermia, fractures, seizures, burns, and heart conditions
Equipping a suitable First Aid Kit
How to get medical advice or assistance by VHF/SRC radio How to prepare for the evacuation of a casualty by helicopter (Yacht Skippers – Category ‘C’ Equipment)
Courses run in a choice of two formats:
The one day RYA First Aid At Sea Course covers all the basic first aid subjects, but focuses on those operating on yachts and small craft with various situations looked at from a boating perspective.
This is a basic course for those who are operating within short distance of the shoreline.
The course is a fun and enjoyable day, with all our instructors being practicing medics, from Ambulance Technicians to Paramedics and Nurse Resus officers.
We believe that delivering the course by using professional medical staff gives a better depth and understanding.
Learning the tricks of the trade from medical staff who actually do this on a day to day basis helps with your course immensely.
Its not a dull First Aid course by any means, it is both fun and informative with lots of participation and group work.
This course is for anyone who gets on the water regularly, or for new sailors looking to ensure they have suitable skills before venturing onto the seas.
You’ll learn some life saving skills and actions in an emergency which are immensely useful.
The perfect sailing course for beginners, the five day RYA Competent Crew practical RYA course will give you the best building blocks to start your sailing journey with.
Take a look at our live course calendar for dates for the RYA Competent Crew course at Gosport Marina!
Learn more
A fantastic weekend of sailing, almost 130 NM in all, with a relaxed, but fully engaging skipper. Great set up and brilliant on the admin. Thanks Stef, Tom et al!
Nick BI did a weeks coastal skipper course getting ready for my yacht master and I have to say it was one of the best training weeks I’ve had - our training instructor was superb, exactly the sort of person that you want. He could inspire, provide discipline and impart knowledge as well as let you learn through your own mistakes. Tom and Steph run an excellent operation there and I highly recommend it. They’re flexible and very helpful when it comes to your journey into being a qualified sailor.
Nigel Frith