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About Life Survival
Read about us in " Men's Health (Aust)" February 2011
Our Staff: Life Survival Training instructors, medics and lifeguards come from a variety of professional and experienced backgrounds. Staff include paramedics, nurses, rescue personnel, SCUBA divers, and remote area specialists.
When you choose Life Survival Training, you are choosing highly qualified, experienced and professional instructors and medics.
All instructors have undergone child protection training, state and federal police checks and have a current child protection awareness certificate.
Our Directors
Russell Setright - Director of Training
B.App.Sc,ND, B.Nat., Adv.Dip.AppSc.Acup.,PhD.,
Dip.Outdoor.Rec. TAE Cet. IV Train.& Assess., A.T.M.S, PADI Open Water
Diver. Registered Medic (AREMT)
Russell's
Experience includes:
More
than four decades of first hand and practical knowledge in rescue,
lecturing, remote area survival and first aid and natural medicine.
NCO
with the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Royal
Volunteer Coastal Patrol (RVCP) as Captain Medics.
Attachment
to the US Coast Guard with the rank of Captain.
Establishing
water ambulance and patrol medic training programs.
Accredited
naturopath.
Officer
Commanding a unit of the Australian Army Cadets (AAC).
Over
the past 30 years Russell has had a talk-back health program with Brian
Wilshire on Sydney’s number one talk station 2GB every Tuesday Night at
9PM and with Leon Byner on Radio 5AA Adelaide every Friday
morning and with Richard Perno through NSW Country Radio.
Publishing
a number of best selling books published on natural medicine and first
aid.
Wendy
Setright - Course Manager and Instructor Dip. Botanical Medicine, Remote First Aid
Responder, Remote Area Survival
Wendy's experience includes:
A
Diploma of Botanical Medicine. This gives Wendy specialised
knowledge and skills in bushtucker, food preparation, plant medicene and
survival foods.
Gathering,
testing and preparation of natural foods, game and herbs.
First
Aid, Remote Area First Aid and First Responder for a number of sporting
competitions and concerts.
Instructor
in First Aid and Survival.
Author
of "The Setright Way of Cooking".
Phillip Owen - Director of Education
B.Sc., B Teach. (Sec), Grad.Cert.Ed.Res., PADI Open
Water Diver, Aquatic Rescue, Lifeguard, PADI Open Water Diver, Registered Medic
AREMT. Remote Area Survival.
Phillip's experience includes:
Teaching and instructing at the secondary and tertiary level.
Writing
curriculum materials and liaising between schools and universities.
Officer
of the Australian Army Cadets (AAC), with the rank of Lieutenant.
Pool
Lifeguard.
Instructor
in First Aid, Remote Area First Aid, Aquatic Rescue and Survival.
Development
and implementation of risk management strategies, communication
protocols,
and emergency procedures in training and event medic situations.
Remote
area travel and off-road driving.
Coordinating
camps and high risk sporting competitions.
Our courses include:
Urban
Survival
Remote
Survival
First
Aid
Remote
Area First Aid
Anaphylaxis
Advanced
Life Support
Bronze
Medallion
Swim
to Survive
Department
of Education and Training (Emergency First Aid)
EMT
First Responder
Accredited Instructors and Assessors for:
At Life Survival Training we are committed
to providing quality survival training in first aid, natural medicine, urban, remote and aquatic survival.
The main training venue is situated 2 hours from Sydney at O'Connell, near Oberon NSW
Australia, on a working sheep station and working kelpie stud. This
property is fully self-sufficient, generating it's own power from wind
and solar, collecting and purifying water and still running all the conveniences found in a modern home.
We do have training facilities available at other locations and are able to conduct a course at your location for your convenience.
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Some Survival techniques described and explained in this program are for use in situations where personal safety could be at risk.
In a survival situation it is important that expert advice be sort from authorities such as Police, SES, Fire Brigade and other local emergency services. The courses are for educational purposes designed to give familiarisation in a variety of survival situations only.