// Wound Care plus IV and IM techniques
This course is suitable for delegates with medical qualifications as well as those with advanced first aid (FREC 4 or our Remote Medical Responder: A Wilderness First Responder Course), who may need to care for others in remote areas - but who are operating under the Clinical Governance of and will be assessed as competent by their own organisation's Medics prior to deployment.
The course lasts 1 day and covers:
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Improvised techniques
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Dressings
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Environment specific considerations
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Wound Care
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Evacuation decisions
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IV techniques
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IO techniques
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Injections
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Different types of wounds
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Wound cleaning
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Debridement
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Wound closure
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Delayed closure
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Glue use
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Staples
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Sutures
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Steri strips
Venue: The National Outdoor Centre, Plas y Brenin, Snowdonia
Dates:
09 May 2025.
15 November 2025. NEW Second edition course: Bookings open 3 September 2025. Joining instructions will be sent out 1 October 2025.We have now tied this in with the opening of bookings for a run of courses from our R/EMO:TE Medic Programme, including PHTLS, the R/EMO:TE Medic Foundation Course, Comms/Medical Emergency Response Planning Course and Wound Care Course.
2026 dates:
16 May 2026: Bookings Open 1 December 2025
7 November 2026: Bookings Open 1 December 2025
Please note that whilst this course can be booked a stand alone course, this course is often one module of a continuous run of courses (PHTLS, then R/EMO:TE Medic, then Dentistry, then Wound Care) forming elements of our R/EMO:TE Medic course. Please see the dates page for further information.
Cost £170.00.
How to book:
Click the link below to access the booking course pack for the course you are interested in. Download the pack, save it your computer and you can complete the booking form electronically and email to us. Alternatively, print off the pack, complete and scan the booking form back to us. Only complete and submit the booking form if you intend to attend the course and be bound by our terms and conditions including cancellation charges. Once the booking form is received, we will review it. If you are successful in securing a place in the course, we send you an invoice, at which point a binding contract will exist. If you later decide to cancel, the contractual booking terms (found in the booking pack attached), apply. These include cancellation charges. We recommend delegates take out travel insurance to cover any cancellation (and accommodation costs) as we cannot act as an insurer if you are unable to attend the course or change your mind once a contract is in place.
Important/eligibility: Please note that for administration purposes, we will not process applications that do not meet the eligibility criteria.
Please note that places on courses are limited and are intended for the sectors and organisations we support. Our 'Why' is supporting organisations and good causes such as NGO's, Rescue Organisations, expedition teams and others that need excellent training at reasonable cost. We support a number of organisations who cycle volumes of delegates through our courses. Priority in terms of bookings/places will be given to operational remote area medics, NGO's and Rescue teams as well as other good causes. Other applicants will be considered much nearer the course date. This is who we are set up to support. Instructors or individuals from or who deliver training for or are involved in or have links to other remote area medical training companies are not eligible to join this course. Simply put, our courses are attended by institutional clients and this is a conflict of interest - training is available elsewhere. Our training has taken years to develop and hone and we value our Intellectual Property. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our Project and our 'Why' are not undermined and that our instructors can enjoy delivery of the courses, to maximise learning for our clients. Our priority is training our long standing client bases and to maximise the benefit of our training for those communities - and not other training organisations. For that reason, delegates should pay particular attention to reading our terms and conditions in this regard, before submitting any Booking Form. These terms and conditions include protections for us and are in place specifically to safeguard the great work we do for and with great people and to ensure the sustainability of our Project. We are very robust in protecting our intellectual property. Booking terms and conditions also include cancellation charges.
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We recommend all delegates to take out suitable insurance before booking courses, to include cancellation, travel and accommodation costs.
Testimonials:
Whether you found the course useful :
Very useful
Immeasurably
Excellent refresh and review
Very useful. It built well upon my WFR course.
Immensely useful
Experience and make up of the Faculty.
Excellent Faculty and setup
Instructor knowledge was exceptional. Relating it to real life scenarios.
Outstanding as always
Again, all the staff were very knowledgable
Outstanding, both in terms of experience and breadth of knowledge
Would you be more confident dealing with wound care in the field, now you have undertaken the course ?
Absolutely. I would confidently attempt suturing now if directed to do so.
Definitely
Yes
Definitely
What environment/activity will you use it in ?
React operations, remote, hostile environment.
Off shore and hopefully climbing/mountain environments.
Northern (Boreal & sub - boreal) forest and waterways of Canada and the Nordics
High altitude mountains and polar
FRS assistance to the Paramedic in extremis. Considering returning to Mountain Leading.
Would you recommend the course to others ?
Definitely.
Yes.
Yes
Absolutely.
100% - a must for all those with a duty of care in remote wilderness
Previously undertaken wound care training with: UK army, US & UK FRS, NHS Ambulance Service. R2Ri course was : Better delivery, expertly delivered detail but in simple language and context..
What did you find most useful ?
Principles, evacuation scenarios, wound management
Great detail on importance of and how to clean wounds.
Sutures and staples (assistance). DIDNT HEAL Mnemonic.
Understanding when to close and when to evacuate. Suturing and other closure methods. Reminding the importance of top cover!
IM injections. Suturing.
Any other comments:
Great … slides ! Visually engaging and easy to follow.
Excellent course instructors . Great knowledge shared clearly and concisely. I’ll recommend to react.
Excellent course content with a well balanced mix of theory and practical.
Excellent (experience of the Faculty) as always!
Without a doubt, wound care to this level has been missing from my skill set and this has now given me that.
Would you recommend to others ? ‘Without a doubt’.
Back in Cornwall after an amazing six days at @plasybreninofficial with @remotearearisk completing three modules in the R/EMO:TE medic programme. The four day foundation module included everything from frostbite to tropical medicine followed by an intense day of dentistry and maxillofacial injuries and suturing and staples.I'm already looking forward to heading back in the autumn for the Prolonged Field Care weekend.
What would you change, if anything ? : ‘Nothing.’
As usual, the instruction is superb and thoroughly enjoyable. This is my third course with you and I will be back for more. They also add to my knowledge in my day job … in the ambulance service though more so as a responder (in overseas disaster response).
11/10
…two fascinating days of CPD with @remotearearisk learning about Emergency Dentistry and Facial Trauma In An Austere Environment and Wound Care Management.
Faculty: ideal skill set to deliver this module.
Very useful to refresh skills, particularly in IV cannulation & IO insertion.
Would you recommend the course to others ? Yes - good to be able to have a recommended course.
A fantastic week of learning in Snowdonia with the good people of Remote Area Risk International. New people met. Knowledge and skills learnt and refreshed. Experiences shared. New friendships made. Execeptional learning and faculty in fantastic surroundings. For anyone working in the austere environment be it in the UK or abroad, then take a look at the courses offered; highly recommended.
What did you find most useful? : changing dressings - not been taught a ‘technique’ before so better prepared:
What would you change ? - Notjing thanks.
Good to practice wound closure techniques on real skin.
The instructor knows his stuff, plenty of real world experience.
Very knowledgeable.
All delegates would recommend the course.
All delegates said they wouldn’t change anything about the course.
Liked everything. Brilliant value for money’ Feedback from our Remote, Austere & Wilderness wound care course: we ran this course the day prior to or immediately after R/EMO:TE Medic, so delegates could attend both if they wished to. Great to see a number of delegates on both courses.
Extremely great cpd and learning some key skills where I had gaps.
Brilliant.
As usual R2Ri pass over the skills and techniques but also build your confidence.
Liked everything. Brilliant value for money.
Absolutely first class! Thanks !
Very knowledgeable
100% more confident.
Nice relaxed way of teaching, conducive to good atmosphere & confidence to ask safety questions.
Loved it.
Extremely useful.
Excellent. Well equipped.
Allowed me to gain a lot more practical experience.
Recommend.
Great price.
Lecturer very nice - and funny !
Found the practical session a great refresher.
Very useful.
Excellent. The lecturer knows his subject but that’s no surprise (with R2Ri).
Thanks for a great session. See you soon (on other courses).
Great to see different ways and different approaches.
Great.
Excellent. As ever (with R2Ri)
Dressings chat very helpful,
Wouldn’t change anything.
Highly experienced with real world knowledge.
Excellent
Really useful.
Perfect.
As usual, the standard of training, including resources available to practice with. Excellent.
Surpassed expectations. Thank you for another day of excellent training.
All delegates would recommend the course.
All delegates felt the course benefitted them.
Exceptionally useful.
Improved operational practice significantly and enables us to develop both skills and risk management.
Wish I’d known about you guys sooner but looking forward to more training in future.
Very useful.
Amazing level of experience between both instructors. Lots of real first hand experience.
Absolutely (more confident) dealing with remote area wound care.
Excellent
Absolutely (useful)
Definitely (useful)
Enhanced & gave further confidence. Will adjust my medic kit given new knowledge.
Brilliant, fun, useful.
Very much more confident ;dealing with remote area wound care)
Very able instructors
Very professional instructors
Much more confident (in operational practice) with techniques taught.
Great course, ranged from revision to totally new concepts).
Extremely useful.
(Would be) much more confident (dealing with remote area wound care). Exactly what I wanted.
A day well spent.
Thank you for another excellent course.
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