After reading the Man Down thread I had a look at First Aid courses and there’s rather a lot of options. Any recommendations for a one day course for mountain biking, possibly from this list….?

St John Ambulance:
Basic First Aid
Essential First Aid
Sports First Aid
Activity First Aid

Resusitation council:
Immediate Life Support
Advanced Life Support

Red Cross:
First Aid for Adult
Emergency Life Support
General First Aid
Pratical First Aid
Save a Life

CTC:
Outdoor First Aid
Expedition first Aid

B.A.S.P

A proper outdoor course.

I’ll second the advice on the BASP course. I did one in June, having been pointed in that direction by members of the forum. Absolutely excellent, and I feel much more confident that I could make better decisions as a result.

probably wouldn’t bother with ALS unless you are turning pro. A lot of first aid courses seem to be info over load and lots of advice of limited value. Redcross do fairly simple, sensible courses geared towards the needs of a group, but if I were paying and was interested in the subject then an outdoors specific one would be more fun thatn sitting in a church hall learning to do neat bandaging.

Ultimately knowledge is useless without confidence to use it. A course that is fun and relevent will benefit you, and others more than a stuffy course with a generic qualification.

Another vote for the BASP course (British Association of Ski Patrollers)

BASP or REC (Rescue & Emergency Care).