Heading into the backcountry means taking responsibility for yourself and your team. Whether it’s a slip on scree, hypothermia on the tops, or an injury kilometres from the road end – knowing what to do can make all the difference.

Join us for a practical, alpine-focused Outdoor First Aid Course designed specifically for climbers, trampers, ski-tourers, and mountaineers.

This course is designed to enable participants to respond confidently to a first aid incident in various outdoor settings where it may take some time for emergency services to reach you, for example when on climbing trips.

Date, time, location

• Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th December 2025 

• Christchurch and The Port Hills

• 9am - 4pm daily

Course features:

• Scenario-based training outdoors – not just classroom theory.

• Led by qualified instructors with outdoor experience. 

• Skills directly relevant to NZ alpine conditions

This course covers NZQA Unit Standards:

• 6400 – Manage first aid in an emergency situation

• 6401 – Provide first aid

• 6402 – Provide basic life support

• 424 – Assess and manage an emergency care situation in the outdoors

What you’ll learn:

✅ Basic life support (managing airways, respiratory and circulatory)

✅ Provide first aid (shock, fractures, bleeding, trauma, medical)

✅ First aid in remote and alpine environments

✅ Hypothermia and environmental hazards

✅ Extended care of patient

✅ Improvising with limited resources

✅ Coordinating evacuation and communicating in emergencies

Cost

$50.00 (Volunteer Instructors or Trip Leaders pre-approved)

$300.00 (NZAC Members)

$350.00 (Non-members)

Please view our Instruction Refund Policy here

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