Far From Help Part 2/Advanced Refresher

Course outline & key infoFFH Part 2 is a two-day course that builds on and refreshes previous WMT training (FFH or Advanced Medicine) by introducing useful invasive skills – those involving needles. Skills taught include wound closure using staples, injecting local anaesthetic into wounds, giving intramuscular injections, moulage/scenario training (usually outdoors), how to reconstitute drugs for injection and how to give fluids subcutaneously to the dehydrated patient via a needle under the skin. Important theory is revisited and there is an end of coures written exam. On completion, delegates are awarded WMT’s gold standard Advanced Medicine certificate that is valid for two years.

If you wish to attend FFH Part 2, you must have attended a WMT course within 2 years of the FFH Part 2 course dates (or close to 2 years because new course dates don’t exactly follow a 12 month cycle). Ask WMT if you’re not sure.

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Far From Help Part 2/Advanced Refresher
FFH2 is for alumni to refresh their invasive skills (injections, stapling wounds, sub-cut fluids).
3 Jun 2024 - 4 Jun 2024Book Course - £370 Bristol, St Werburghs Community Centre10 placesEasy2 year POM authorityTeas / coffees only

Delegate feedback

All instructors extremely knowledgeable and helpful.
Fully comprehensive (re: content and materials)
All excellent. Very helpful, easy to understand and very practical (re: instructors)
Thank you very much….especially for the great practical sessions.

Target audience & elegibility

Excellent training by doctors + comprehensive field manual + POM authorisation = one stop shopping for the solo traveller, families, private teams and up to large expedition teams. FFH2 has been attended by hundreds leaders, travelers, explorers, film crew, overland drivers, climbers, divers, field researchers, university staff and many others.You must have completed a WMT Explorer course within 2 years to attend FFH Part 2.

Prescription medicines – POMs

FFH2 training covers what medical supplies to take and enables you to obtain them for two years post-course through WMT’s pharmacy partner so you can add antibiotics, high altitude medicines, strong pain killers and other useful injectable medicines to your medical kit such as adrenaline vials (much cheaper than EpiPens), dexamethasone, Stemetil, Tramadol, lignocaine and more. WMT’s comprehensive Explorer course manual serves as an essential field aide memoire.

Accreditation

WMT issues a certificate which is valid for two years and accepted by most, if not all, UK NGB awards. See also Accreditation.

Outline programme & content

Courses normally start no earlier than 9am and finish each day by 5.30. The running order and structure of courses may differ depending on the venue and group size but all content will be covered or included in the course manual. Tea/coffee/lunch breaks are taken as required. Food is not provided except on residential courses.

Day 1
Introductions and aims of the course
Review of important legal aspects
History taking revisited
Approach to illness – pearls and pitfalls:
• differentiating the severe headache
• approach to chest pain
• abdominal problems (appendicitis, hernias, testicular problems)
• snake bite
Pain management – use of intramuscular Tramadol
CPR practical
Anaphylactic shock – use of adrenaline, Epipen/Anapen
Intramuscular injections – practical
– reconstitution of drugs
– safe handling of “sharps” (dirty needles)
Case based discussions
• Asthma – spacer use, ventolin regimes
• Diabetes – including BM (blood glucose) measurement
• Fever – including malaria
Advanced medical kits and supplies – including intramuscular medicines
Medical kit workshop – pulse oximeters, blood glucose measuring devices, malaria rapid diagnostic test and standby treatment, water purification

Day 2
ABC approach to trauma
Advanced fracture and dislocation management
Practical sessions:
• the broken pelvis – use of pelvic binder
• the broken leg – use of Kendrick traction device
Practical sessions:
• vehicle extrication & RTA scene safety
• triage workshop & practical moulages (illness and accident scenario training)
Advanced wound management
Wound management – practical:
• injecting local anaesthetic
• stapling
• use of Steristrips & skin glue
Giving subcutaneous fluids
Using Oxygen
Written exam
Final questions / certificates / feedback & farewell