Practical security and medical training to prepare you for working safely in high-risk, remote and challenging environments.

Build the skills and confidence to work safely in high-risk, remote and challenging environments. This four-day course combines security awareness, emergency medical training and realistic scenarios to help you prepare for threats, make sound decisions and respond effectively when plans change.

For any course queries, email: enquiries@healix.com. Price per person = £1,850pp + VAT.

Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)

Healix Hostile Environment Awareness Training prepares people to travel and work in higher-risk locations. It develops the practical skills needed to assess threats, reduce personal risk and respond to medical, security and operational incidents in remote or hostile environments.

Over four days, you will learn how to prepare for deployment, identify and manage threats, respond to incidents and provide emergency care. Classroom learning and hands-on practice lead into realistic scenarios that test how you apply your skills and work as part of a team.

Who should attend?

People travelling or working in high-risk, hostile or remote locations

Employees preparing for overseas deployments

Security, risk and crisis management professionals

Humanitarian and development personnel

Journalists and media teams

Organisations seeking to strengthen their travel risk and emergency response capability

What you will learn

Personal security principles, preparation and risk assessment

Threats in high-risk environments, including terrorism, weapons, unexploded ordnance, civil unrest and conflict

Risk reduction measures for travel, accommodation, communications and checkpoints

Incident response, operational planning and decision-making under pressure

Structured patient assessment, basic life support and AED use

Emergency care for bleeding, shock, chest injuries, fractures, infection and environmental illness

Vehicle safety, local driver management and road traffic collision response

Communications, navigation, tracking and operational security

Kidnap and ransom awareness, mental health considerations and disaster response

How to apply your learning through realistic team-based scenarios

Course format

Duration: 4 days

Delivery: Instructor-led classroom and practical training

Learning style: Presentations, hands-on skills practice, team planning and realistic scenarios

Practical training: Outdoor scenario-based exercises in a controlled training environment

Assessment: Practical scenario assessments covering team management, personal security, planning and casualty care

Certification: CPD Certified

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