The Emergency Protocol Course · One Evening · Lifetime Access
When it goes wrong on the hill, know exactly what to do.
The complete what-to-do-when-it-goes-wrong system for UK hill walkers. From the first 30 seconds to the moment rescue arrives, step by step, so the plan is in your head before you ever need it.
🛡️ 30-day money-back guarantee. No questions asked. · 🚁 Every sale supports UK mountain rescue services.
Picture it. You’re three hours into a beautiful walk. Miles from the car, no signal, and the cloud is dropping.
Your friend slips. A sickening crunch. They can’t stand up. Then the rain starts.
What do you do in the next ten minutes?
Most walkers have never actually answered that question. This course is the answer, written down, practised, and ready.
3,784
Mountain rescue callouts in England & Wales in 2024
0
Days in 2024 without a single callout — a first on record
78%
Of callouts come after midday, as tired walkers head down
Source: Mountain Rescue England & Wales, 2024 figures
The uncomfortable truth
You don’t rise to the occasion. You sink to the level of your training.
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The first 30 seconds
When something goes wrong, the instinct is to rush. Rescue teams have a name for what rushing creates: Casualty Number Two.
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First aid isn’t enough
A church-hall first aid course assumes an ambulance is 8 minutes away. On a hillside it could be hours. That changes everything about what you do first.
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“I’d just call 999”
With what signal? Saying what? From where? A rescue call from a hillside is a skill, and there’s a script that makes it work. Most walkers have never seen it.
The good news: none of this needs bravery or fitness. It needs a routine, learned in advance, in an evening, from your sofa. That’s this course.
What’s inside
Five modules. 21 short lessons. One calm plan.
From what goes in your rucksack to the moment the helicopter arrives. Each lesson is short enough to fit around a cup of tea, and the whole course fits in an evening.
Module 01 The Kit Room: Preparation
- The first aid audit. Why half of a shop-bought first aid kit is dead weight, and the cheap items that actually earn their place.
- The Orange Bag Rule. The survival kit that lives in your rucksack and never comes out, until the day it saves someone.
- The adrenaline dump & STOP. What panic does to your brain, and the four-step protocol that overrides it.
Module 02 The First Response
- CABC: the new standard. The updated first-response sequence, and why the order matters on a hillside.
- The primary survey. How to check a casualty properly when you’re the only help for miles.
- Blisters, ticks and bites. The small stuff that ends walks, sorted before it does.
Module 03 The Walking Wounded
- The twisted ankle fix. The most common hill injury, and how to get someone moving or keep them safe if they can’t.
- Heat, dehydration, rivers and lightning. The environmental calls that walkers get wrong.
- The art of getting un-lost. The calm, repeatable process for when the ground stops matching the map.
Module 04 Shelter & Signals
- The instant shelter. Bothy bags: the kit that turns a crisis on an exposed hillside into an uncomfortable wait.
- The Burrito Protocol. The hypothermia wrap that keeps a casualty warm until help arrives.
- Whistles, torches and analogue signals. How to be found when the phone is dead.
Module 05 Calling the Cavalry
- The tech triad. Voice, text and link: the three ways to reach rescue, and which to try in what order.
- The perfect distress call. The METHANE script that tells rescue everything they need in one pass.
- The helicopter handover. What actually happens when rescue arrives, and how to help rather than hinder.
✅ Is this course right for you?
You walk the UK hills and you’ve quietly wondered “what would I actually do?” You want a plan, not a lecture, and you’d rather learn it at home than find out on the hill.
⏱️ Done in an evening
21 short lessons. Written guides now, with full videos being added, included free as they land. Works on any device.
🧑🏫 Instructor on call
Stuck on anything? Ask, and you get an answer from a qualified instructor with 15+ years on the hills.
Meet your instructor
Hi, I’m Matt. I teach this because I’ve seen the alternative.
Over 15 years of instructing in the UK hills, I’ve dealt with the twisted ankles, the dropping cloud and the walkers who set off with nothing but optimism. The pattern is always the same: it’s never the emergency that does the damage, it’s the panic in the minutes after it.
“The walkers who come through a bad moment fine aren’t braver or fitter. They just have a routine, learned before they needed it.”
This course is that routine, broken into baby steps, in plain English, with no scare tactics. You may never need it. That’s rather the point of learning it.
Everything you get
£27. One evening. A plan for life.
🚑 The Emergency Protocol Course 5 modules · 21 lessons
The complete system: preparation, first response, injuries, shelter and signalling, and calling rescue. STOP, CABC, METHANE and the Burrito Protocol, all made simple.
🪪 Bonus: The Emergency Crib Card Print & carry
The credit-card-sized summary that lives with your map: the STOP protocol, 999 and Text 999, and how to give a grid reference under pressure.
🔄 Free updates for life Included
Full video versions of every lesson are on the way, added to your dashboard at no extra cost as they land.
Every enrolment supports mountain rescue. A donation from every sale goes to mountain rescue services across the UK, the volunteers who answered 3,784 callouts in 2024 without a single day off.
£27
One-off payment · Lifetime access · No subscription
- All 5 modules, 21 short lessons
- STOP, CABC & METHANE protocols
- Printable Emergency Crib Card
- Personal help from a qualified instructor
- Video lessons added free as they launch
🛡️ 30-day no-questions-asked money-back guarantee
Thinking bigger? The Mountain Navigation Course (£97) includes this entire course. Or start here for £27 and upgrade later for the difference. Either way, you never pay twice.
What students say
From “what would I do?” to “here’s the plan.”
★★★★★
“Prepping for my first multi-day trek felt massively daunting until we did the expedition skills weekend. Everything from route planning and emergency procedures to sorting the right kit was covered.”
— Katie D., in-person course
★★★★★
“I’ve known the basics for a while but wanted to step up to walking safely in poor visibility. When the clag came down on the second afternoon, I actually felt confident rather than panicked. Couldn’t ask for a better teacher.”
— Chris F., in-person course
Questions?
Frequently asked questions
Is this a first aid qualification?
No. This is educational content that teaches you what to do and why, built for the hills rather than the church hall. It’s the perfect companion to a practical first aid course, not a replacement for one. If you want hands-on casualty practice, a one-day outdoor first aid course is a brilliant addition.
How long does the course take?
One evening, honestly. The 21 lessons are deliberately short, most fit in a tea break. Work through it in a sitting or a lesson a day, then keep it for life as a reference before big walks.
I never walk alone. Do I still need this?
Walking in company is exactly when these skills matter most, because the casualty is usually someone you care about. The question isn’t “what if I get hurt?” It’s “what do I do when they do?”
Is this included in the Mountain Navigation Course?
Yes. The £97 Mountain Navigation Course includes this entire course, so if you’re planning to go all-in on navigation, start there. And if you buy this course first and want the full thing later, you upgrade for the difference. You never pay twice.
Is it scary? I get anxious about this stuff.
The opposite, and that’s a promise. Anxiety comes from not having a plan. Every lesson replaces a “what if?” with a “here’s what I’d do”, and students consistently say they finish feeling calmer about the hills, not more worried.
What if it’s not for me?
Then it’s free. There’s a 30-day no-questions-asked money-back guarantee. If the course doesn’t make you feel better prepared, email me and I’ll refund you.
This course is educational content for hill walkers. It is not a substitute for practical first aid training or professional medical advice.
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Learn it tonight. Carry it for life.
One evening from now, “what would I do?” has an answer. And a donation from your enrolment goes to the rescue teams who look after us all.
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