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Guy Risdon
Within ITC First Aid Ltd (our awarding body) Guy is an External verifier, a member of the Technical committee and a mentor for new trainers. React First work with Adventure First Aid and Guy on a regular basis to ensure that courses are run nationwide. We are also fortunate to be able to offer additional specilist expedition medicine and overseas medical courses through Adventure First Aid.With 17 years experience in the outdoor education industry, Guy has worked in residential outdoor centres as a senior instructor, as a freelancer and as a Development Trainer and Learning Skills Tutor for the University of Exeter. Qualified as a Mountain Leader, Climbing Instructor and Cave Leader, Guy has worked all over the country with a wide spectrum of corporate and educational client groups. He set up Adventure First Aid in 2003 and now delivers over 80 courses a year to a variety of client groups. Guy has experience in arctic, desert and mountain travel and has worked with the Portsmouth University Geohazard Research Centre as a field scientist in Taiwan, and with BSES Expeditions as a leader on their '06 Leadership Development programme in Spitzbergen. He also works in Sweden as a cold weather survival instructor with Intrepid expeditions.He lives in South Devon with his wife, daughter and eccentric collie. He is passionate about the outdoors, working and playing as much as possible in, on, above and below it!Guy is a the Casualty Care officer for Devon Cave Rescue and a volunteer First Responder for Westcountry Ambulance Service. He holds the casualty Care in Mountain Rescue qualification, helps Doctors teach on the overseas medical intervention course and regularly attend and helps teach on continuation training events. He is also an Associate member of the Institute for Learning and holds an Adult teaching qualification.07/01/2007
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