GWO Enhanced First Aid (EFA) Training​​

This GWO module enables participants working in a remote wind turbine environment to administer safe, effective, and immediate lifesaving measures using advanced emergency equipment and medical teleconsultation. GWO certified through ENSA.

CONTENT:

• Risks/hazards/legislation

• Anatomy, injury, & illnesses

• Management of an incident & national emergency response

• Medical teleconsultation

• Enhanced first aid using primary & secondary survey

• Pain management & further possible medication

• Advanced first aid techniques

DURATION:

Initial: Twenty-one (21) Hours | 3 Days

Refresher (with valid FA, or FA-R, or EFA, or EFA-R): Fourteen (14) Hours | 2 Days

LOCATION:

Survival Systems USA's Groton Training Center, CT

AGE REQUIREMENTS:

Participants must be a minimum of 18 years of age for full participation and certification. Participants under the age of 18 require parental consent.

PREREQUISITES:

Participants engage in rigorous activity and should be in a good state of health, physically capable of fully taking part in all course exercises.

Participants need work boots and a photo ID.  We provide all other equipment.

SCHEDULING:

Book training calendar seats on a first-come, first-served basis.

CERTIFICATION:

All participants who complete the EFA program in accordance with the learning and performance objectives receive completion certificate(s) and GWO (WINDA) credit(s) (24-mo expiry).

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS:

​The EFA module teaches advanced lifesaving measures exceeding those of GWO FA 2002 First Aid.

Basic modules: GWO BST-1005 Program, Work at Height (WAH 1002), Manual Handling (MH 102), First Aid (FA 2002), Fire Awareness (FAW 101), Sea Survival (GWO SS), GWO Refreshers

Advanced modules: Enhanced First Aid (EFA), Advanced Rescue Training (ART-H) (ART-N)

Provide Advanced Lifesaving Care within a Turbine​