Day 1 – 24 Hour Survival Overnight

Refer to the dedicated 24 Hour Survival Overnight Course page for full details of this course, including equipment and clothing lists.

This 24 hour, overnight course will end at 9am the following day and where you will then transition into the first aid Remote Casualty Care component of the course (delivered by TACMED Training Australia).

Day 2 – Survival First Responder (Foundations)

Nationally recognised: HLTAID009, HLTAID010 and HLTAID011.
Non-accredited survival first responder content:

• Scene safety and self-preservation in a remote or survival setting
• The primary survey and a systematic head-to-toe assessment
• Life-threatening bleeding control (tourniquets, wound packing and pressure)
• Airway management and casualty assessment when you are a long way from help.

Day 3 – Remote and Survival Casualty Care

Nationally recognised: HLTAID013 (Provide First Aid in Remote or Isolated Site).
Non-accredited Remote Casualty Care, extended with the survival components:

• Extended field care for the remote first aider, including monitoring, documentation and handover when evacuation is delayed
• Treating casualties in a survival environment, where you are managing the patient and the elements at the same time
• Development of shelters to protect and stabilise a casualty
• Construction and use of improvised stretchers, and casualty movement over difficult ground
• Environmental illness and injury, improvised equipment, and decision-making around when to stay, when to move, and how to call for help