Hostile Environment and Emergency First Aid Training
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Hostile Environment and Emergency First Aid Training, also known as HEFAT is a standard type of training in first aid, given to people entering hostile environments, mostly for work, and often to journalists.
History[edit]
The course was designed in 1993 by Centurion Safety of the UK. Paul Rees, a former Royal Marine, devised the course.
All BBC journalists entering hostile environments must do the HEFAT course.[1] Other employers in difficult environments also make the course obligatory.
Structure[edit]
It is often a four to six-day residential course. The course is designed for the individual's safety and health, and not as training as a paramedic.
Syllabus[edit]
The course includes kidnap and mock executions. For hostile environments, the first aid on the course includes amputated limbs, something many first aid courses do not commonly cover.[2][3]
Other topics include
- Ballistic trauma
- Carjacking
- Improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
- Land mines
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Security checkpoints
- Sexual violence
- Vehicle security
See also[edit]
- List of emergency medicine courses
- Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics
References[edit]
- ^ BBC World Service
- ^ "HEFAT Course". Hostile Environment Training. HET Training. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) doesn't need to be Hostile". HASP TRAINING - Hostile Environment Training Company. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
External links[edit]
- Centurion Safety
- Hostile Environment Training Ltd
- www.hasptraining.co.uk