RYA First Aid Course
Prestige Boat Academy’s one-day course covers essential first aid skills with a unique focus on boating safety. Designed for anyone venturing on the water—whether on inland lakes, rivers, estuaries, or cross-channel passages—this MCA-approved course meets the first aid requirements for Coastal Skipper Yachtmaster and Advanced Powerboat certificates, as well as some commercial maritime roles.
This can and does save lives!
- Low teaching ratio
- Our instructors ensure a fun and safe learning environment. We try to make your time with us as practical, constructive and enjoyable as possible.
What to Expect from the RYA First Aid Course at Prestige Boat Academy
The price of the RYA First Aid Course at Prestige Boat Academy is 150€
- One full day of training with our First Aid Instructor
- RYA First Aid Handbook
- Manakin (1 per 2 students)
- AED trainier (1 per 2 students)
- Pocket face masks ( 1 per student)
- Tea/coffee & Water
As part of our RYA training center course, the First Aid Course equips you with essential skills for responding to medical emergencies in a maritime environment.
You’ll learn the recovery position in confined spaces, CPR with a focus on drowning response, and how to manage cold shock and hypothermia from immersion or exposure. Additionally, the course covers handling seasickness and dehydration, as well as requesting medical assistance via VHF or coordinating helicopter rescue
Rya First Aid Course Syllabus
- The importance of preventing cross infection
- The need for recording and/or reporting incidents and accidents
- Assessing a scenario and circumstances to ensure they act safely, promptly and effectively in an emergency.
- Perform CPR to current protocols incorporating the use of AED
- Understands the differential for drowning
Understand the importance of the recovery position and the need to modify it for small spaces
- Administer first aid to those who are unconscious
- Identify types of external bleeding
- Control bleeding
- Learn to use appropriate dressings, bandages and other first aid equipment
- Including improvised dressings and bandages
- Understand the term shock
- how to recognise
- how treat it.
- Understand Cold Shock
- Recognise and understands the treatment for hypothermia following immersion and/or exposure.
- Recognise the signs of a reduced level of response, with particular reference to serious head injuries.
Learn to administer suitable first aid for:
- Breathing difficulties
- Choking
- Chest pain
- Seasickness
- Diabetic emergency
- Anaphylaxis
- Hyperthermia
- Fractures
- Seizures
- Burns, including scalds, chemical and electrical
- Minor injuries including small cuts, grazes, bruises and small splinters
- Can choose suitable first aid equipment
RYA First Aid Course Information at Prestige Boat Academy
Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive your RYA First Aid certificate, a recognized qualification that demonstrates your proficiency in essential first aid skills tailored for maritime situations.
At the end of the day, your instructor will present this certificate, celebrating your commitment to safety on the water and equipping you with the confidence to handle emergencies effectively.
This certification not only enhances your qualifications as a boater but also ensures you’re prepared to respond to incidents with competence and care
None
One full day of training
No prior experience is required.
The recovery position in a confined space, CPR, including the drowning protocol, cold shock and hypothermia for immersion and/or exposure, seasickness and dehydration, medical assistance or advice by VHF, helicopter rescue.
To demonstrate a good understanding and knowledge of first aid
This course is classroom based. Online course not available.
