{"id":2490,"date":"2018-11-21T13:18:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T13:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/?page_id=2490"},"modified":"2026-09-19T15:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T14:21:47","slug":"rya-first-aid-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/training-courses-at-preston-marina\/rya-first-aid-course\/","title":{"rendered":"RYA First Aid Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><i>Our one-day course covers all the usual first aid subjects, but from a boating perspective. It is aimed at anyone who goes afloat, whether on inland waters, rivers, estuaries or on cross channel passages.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In a medical emergency a little first aid knowledge and immediate action can save lives, especially in remote locations. This one-day course is designed to provide a working knowledge of first aid for people using small craft and to support skippers.<\/p>\n<p>It fulfils the requirements for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>professional skippers working under the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Codes of Practice for Small Vessels Operated Commercially;<\/li>\n<li>the Senior First Aid certificate needed by offshore racers subject to World Sailing&#8217;s regulations on first aid training (OSR 4.08.4);<\/li>\n<li>the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations, 1981 for the purposes of Emergency First Aid at Work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The subjects specific to boating include<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>the recovery position in a confined space<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>CPR, including the drowning protocol<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>cold shock and hypothermia from immersion and\/or exposure<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>seasickness and dehydration<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>medical assistance or advice by VHF<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>helicopter rescue<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Maximum 12:1 Student:Instructor ratio.<\/p>\n<h4>The course fee \u00a3125 per person, inc VAT<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Includes RYA First Aid workbook<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 dates_widget\"><h5>Upcoming dates for RYA First Aid courses<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Contact us if you need your RYA First Aid qualification \u2013 Custom course dates may be available on application.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 dates_widget\"><p>To book this course<\/p>\n<p>Call 01772 733595 or email <a href=\"mailto:training@prestonmarina.co.uk\">training@prestonmarina.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2488,"parent":5391,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2490","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2490"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6720,"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2490\/revisions\/6720"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}