Overview:
This course gives specific information regarding the mechanisms, recognition of, and first aid management of ballistic injuries. It is suitable for persons such as police firearms personnel, firefighters, rescue personnel, firearms and ordnance range staff, or anyone who may have to provide immediate care for a casualty with blast or projectile injuries. It is designed to supplement knowledge and skills to persons already trained to EMT level or equivalent.

Entry requirements:
All applicants should be able to show, as a minimum, evidence of first aid training undertaken at EMT or equivalent standard. This is not a general open course, but is run for groups of 6 or more persons.

Course includes:
Dangers associated with hostile environments, common types of ballistic projectiles, mechanisms of injury from high/low velocity projectiles and blast, casualty triage and primary survey, airway management, oro and nasopharyngeal airways, oxygen administration, control of serious bleeding, amputation and avulsion, hypovolaemic shock, chest trauma, abdominal trauma, cervical spine immobilisation, management of burns, first aid equipment for ballistic incidents.