Combined GWO Advanced Rescue Training (ART) & Enhanced First Aid Refresher (EFAR)

The Combined GWO Advanced Rescue Training (ART) & Enhanced First Aid Refresher (EFAR) course is valid for two years and covers all elements of the GWO Advanced Rescue (ART) and GWO Enhanced First Aid (EFAR) refreshers modules. This five-day intensive program provides delegates with an increased level of rescue capabilities and first aid provision. Offshore teams are facing increased challenges and thus, the industry is placing a greater level of importance for offshore teams to be able to undertake advanced rescue and delver remote medicine. Delegates looking to undertake these modules must hold a valid GWO Working at Height, GWO First Aid and Manual Handling certificates, as well as providing a full medical fitness.

• Delegates display advanced rescue techniques and safely administer enhanced first aid

• Highly skilled workforce - qualified and experienced instructors

• Increased capabilities - better prepared to handle more serious first aid and trauma incidents

• Mobile training units

• Unrivalled working at height training infrastructure

• Increased response times - ability to sustain life in an offshore environment

• Delegates will receive GWO certification

• Undertake advanced rescue capabilities from various areas of a wind turbine

• Perform rescue operations in teams acting as the rescue team coordinator or as a single rescuer

• Competency to rescue a colleague from the blade, spinner and hub within a wind turbine

• Perform descending and ascending rescue operations from an enclosed space within a wind turbine to an assembly area (i.e. ground, transition piece of vessel)

• The delivery of immediate enhanced first aid to stabalise a casualty

• Understand the importance of carrying out basic and enhanced first aid safely by following local legislation

• Display competency in the use of equipment

• Develop specialised knowledge in order to determine rescue and evacuation strategies

• Act as a leader in first aid circumstances

The 3-Day GWO Advanced Rescue (ART) Syllabus:

• Rescue from blade

• Rescue from spinner

• Rescue from hub

• Rescue up

• Rescue down

• Advanced stretcher work

• Advanced use of CRD's

• Power-driven devices

• Mechanical advantage systems

• Hub spinner and inside blade rescue (HSIBR)

• Nacelle, tower and basement rescue (NTBR)

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The 2-Day GWO Enhanced First Aid Refresher (EFAR) Syllabus:

• Advanced Airway Management 

• Extremes of Body Temperature

• Medical Emergencies

• Pain Relief and Management

• Resuscitation

• Trauma

• Vital Signs

• Burns

• Introduction to Trauma

• Oxygen Therapy

• Practical Packaging Skills

• The Injured Casualty

• Various Practical Scenarios (Trauma)

• Wounds and Bleeding

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Either:

• Block book 5-Day Advanced and Enhanced Course (all ART and EFAR modules)

• Book the 3-Day Intensive GWO Advanced Rescue (ART) Training Course (which includes all ART modules)

• Book the 2-Day GWO Enhanced First Aid Refresher (EFAR)

• Book individual modules separately

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Contact us to discuss your booking options.

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Either:

• Block book 5-Day Advanced and Enhanced Course (all ART and EFAR modules)

• Book the 3-Day Intensive GWO Advanced Rescue (ART) Training Course (which includes all ART modules)

• Book the 2-Day GWO Enhanced First Aid Refresher (EFAR)

• Book individual modules separately

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Contact us to discuss your booking options.

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