Jen has a background in RAF Mountain Rescue, expedition medicine, mountaineering and climbing and is now working for the Scottish Ambulance Service alongside working as a First Aid Trainer. She has also worked in the education sector with young people and adults and is passionate about the prominence with which different training approaches achieve results.
Paul is Head of RAF Mountain Rescue, previously Deputy Team Leader of Jen's Mountain Rescue Team, back in the day! He has a wealth of experience in technical rescue, casualty extraction in extreme conditions, first aid training and helicopter rescue.
Daryn has seven years experience working for the Scottish Ambulance Service, originally as a Technician, before progressing into Advanced and single-manned Paramedic Response Unit roles. He is now back to working in an Ambulance crew in Glasgow, and is medical advisor for unanswerable questions within The First Aid Lab!
All our instructors are trained professionals who have worked in front-line emergency medical services, giving our training methods a unique perspective to training those from a non-professional background. This exceeds standard requirements for first aid training providers and gives us a unique understanding of the common pitfalls for bystander first-aiders. The emphasis and insight we can provide into frequently occurring situations is therefore adapted to our experience and our knowledge of the next steps in the patient journey.
We know through a varied training experience that the most effective way to teach medicine is through in person training, with hands on practice. The same outcomes simply can not be achieved through online training, in the absence of practical scenarios. And these are also so much more fun! Happy learners make successful learners and we passionately believe in our methods.
The First Aid Lab is committed to ongoing learning. Whilst certified course currency may last for three years, we also understand the extent to which skill fade sets in during this time. We therefore focus on providing time, resources, content and opportunities throughout this currency period to create a community of learners who can stay up to speed in real terms, should an emergency be encountered, with the hope that we can make a real difference on the ground.
