{"id":10858,"date":"2019-11-03T12:16:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T01:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=10858"},"modified":"2025-09-13T14:17:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T04:17:35","slug":"remote-area-first-aid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/safety\/remote-area-first-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Area First Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The UNSWOC is committed to train their Trip Leaders in Remote Area First Aid (RAFA), an essential skill to have when leading trips in the outdoors. The following report includes useful advice on what to do regarding common outdoors injuries. For full training, please consider doing a RAFA course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>28-29th July 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AllAid First Aid (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaid.com.au\/\">https:\/\/www.allaid.com.au\/<\/a>) at Camp Somerset<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a very valuable report on the First Aid course, including reflections on some learnings, skills, and scenarios, please see Maria's following report:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-unsw-outdoors-club wp-block-embed-unsw-outdoors-club\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aldzULqGkN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/03\/2018-remote-area-first-aid-course-summary\/\">2018 Remote Area First Aid Course: Summary<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;2018 Remote Area First Aid Course: Summary&#8221; &#8212; UNSW Outdoors Club\" src=\"https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/03\/2018-remote-area-first-aid-course-summary\/embed\/#?secret=Jo0Z18fVl8#?secret=aldzULqGkN\" data-secret=\"aldzULqGkN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants: Lucy Morrison, Maria Lastra Cagigas, Mira Jordan, Isabella Lowe, Stefanie Tenberg, Ben Wilkinson, Hayden Lobry, Tadeh Karapetian, Abi Prakash, Vicky Chen, Henry Burt, Mackenzie Labine-Romain, Eamonn Colley, Ashley Brennan, David Temesvary, Sid Tinney, Manon Nyssen, Nicola Tan, Liam Hayes and Luke Robbins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firstaid1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firstaid1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firstaid1.png 1180w, https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firstaid1-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firstaid1-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firstaid1-1024x640.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12-13th October 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AllAid First Aid (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaid.com.au\/\">https:\/\/www.allaid.com.au\/<\/a>) at North Turramurra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants: Aidan Cameron, Alexandra Repetto, Ava Del Tufo, Beth Howlett, Brendon Yiu, Evie Wilkins, Glenn Southern, Greta Ritchard, Jeffrey Kwan, Jenny Stansby, Joshua Yang, Liam Viney, Matthew Notarangelo, Nathan Jensen, Nick Fabian, Nicolas Di Campli, Oliver Nicholls, Scott Koppelhuber, Stephen Roche, Yvette Mascarenhas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firstaid8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1187\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firstaid8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firstaid8.png 1187w, https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firstaid8-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firstaid8-768x477.png 768w, https:\/\/unswoc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/firstaid8-1024x636.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1187px) 100vw, 1187px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants: Ashleigh Ford, Beth Howlett, Brendan Conneely, Jenny Stansby, Juri Hemmi, Maria Lastra Cagigas, Mira Jordan, Nadav Cohen, Nat Shroeder, Oliver Nicholls, Stephen Roche<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6-9th February 2023&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilderness First Aid Australia (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildernessmedicine.com.au\/\">https:\/\/www.wildernessmedicine.com.au\/<\/a>) at Mount Victoria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants: Amelia Kaag, Angela Ha, Brendan Conneely, Gabriel Dickinson, Georgie Clare, Jayden Maisel,&nbsp; 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