FIRST AID TRAINING WITH CHMAS

Learning first aid will provide you with the essential skills and confidence that could save someone’s life. If you are on outdoor instructor / leader we have Outdoor First Aid courses, if you work in a nursery or primary school we have Paediatric First Aid courses or if you are after a workplace qualification we have the Emergency First Aid at Work course or the First Aid at Work course.

No matter which course you chose you will have fun, lots of hands on learning and leave the course with increased in your first aid skills.

CHMAS – First Aid Lite

It is estimated that up to 140,00 lives a year could be saved if everyone received first aid training and we think that everyone should have an opportunity to learn these skills! The First Aid Lite course, run by Chris Hughes Multi Activity Services (CHMAS), is a free 2 to 3 hour course that will provide you with these simple life saving skills. The course will provide you with the skills and confidence to deal with severe bleeding, choking, a person who is unconscious and somebody who has stopped breathing in a practical, fun and informative way.

On successful completion of the course you will receive a certificate of attendance from CHMAS, and you will have gained valuable skills that could help you to save a life.

To find out more about this course then please click here.

Rescue Emergency Care (REC) First Aid Courses

Following the feedback from our Clients and our own internal review, CHMAS from 2023 will be running all our First Aid Courses through Rescue & Emergency Care (REC) who were the original providers of outdoor first aid. We feel that using REC gives us more scope to adapt the content to match the participants needs and provides a very supportive learning and assessing environment.


Outdoor Professionals

For our outdoor professionals we have a full suite of First Aid Qualifications for you, including the very much ‘industry standard’ 16 hour Outdoor Course. To find out more about these courses then please us the links below.


  1. REC Outdoor (8 hours)
    2. A one day course designed to cover the basic life support for the outdoor environment.
  2. REC Outdoor (16 hours)
    3. This is pretty much the industry standard course for any outdoor instructor. The course will give the skills to administer first aid when help is more than 2 hours away.
  3. REC Advanced (16 hours)
    4. The advanced first aid will provide you with the skills to deal with casualties in more remote locations.

Workplace and Educational Professionals

For our workplace and educational professionals we have workplace and paediatric first aid courses. To find out more about these courses then please use the links below.


  1. REC Emergency First Aid at Work
    2. This is a 6 hour course covering the basic life support skills for the workplace.
  2. REC First Aid at Work
    3. To become a wok place first aider this is the course for you. We are pleased to offer both the initial course (18hrs) and the refresher course (12hrs).
  3. REC Emergency Paediatric First Aid
    4. This is a 6 hour basic life support course for infants & children.
  4. REC Paediatric First Aid
    5. This is the industry standard course for anyone working with infants and children.