Posted By Marcus74 My company occasionally carry out business trips that involve driving through Europe for 4 - 5 days at a time. For example we will take 3 vehicles each with 2 people from the UK to Finland driving between 300-500 miles daily over an 8-9 hour day. The drivers take regular breaks and will swap with the passenger at least every 2 hours so each persons driving hours should be no more than 4.5 hrs per day. All drivers have had experience or training to drive in snow / icy conditions etc. Our Risk Assessment highlights the requirement for 1st aid kits to be in each car but I was wondering whether there should be a requirement for at least one of the group to be 1st aid trained ? I am thinking along the lines of one of the group becoming ill or injured whilst driving through a remote part of Scandanavia. None of the group are 1st aid trained and none can speak the native language ! My feeling is that there is a need for at least one trained 1st aider. Your views would be appreciated.

Posted By holmezy sorry missed a "not" out between should and administer. Its the excitement, don't you know. Nearly beer time.

Posted By Calum Clark Not strictly first aid but this is a useful page on the AA website. http://www.theaa.com/mot...as/countrybycountry.html You can search by country for the differences in motoring laws such as speed limits, snow chains and the fact that Italy requires you to have high vis jackets to hand at night. Calum

Posted By Ken Taylor A basic 'esentials of first-aid' type mini training session should be adequate to use the contents of a first-aid kit in those circumstances - provided that they have the means to call the emergency services if needed.