NCA HEAT Nairobi

How can we better manage our stress response and increase our chances of survival in life & death situations? NCA HEAT offers a step by step learning process for you to be better able to prevent bad situations and better prepared when facing extreme events. You will learn a number of easy, practical tools to manage your stress response, maintain cognitive function and make better decisions under pressure. The course is tailored to working and traveling in high-risk areas, and combines theory, skills training and hyper-realistic scenario training to ensure transfer value to real life. All instructors are there to ensure that you have a safe, positive learning experience based on your current level of knowledge, experience and personal resilience.

NCA HEAT is a physically and mentally demanding course but all training evolutions are conducted in a safe and controlled environment and with a high focus on avoiding trauma and negative learning patterns. You will be taken out of your comfort zone multiple times during the course to build confidence and mastery, but also learn tools to downregulate and get proper rest and recovery between sessions.

Topics include:
Humanitarian security
Situational awareness
Survival mindset/psychology
First aid in the field
Emergency trauma care (MARCH)
Personal risk profile and gender security
Hostage survival
Actions on various threats in the field
Behavior under fire
Health and wellbeing in stressful environments
Basic land navigation and wayfinding
Field equipment, including radio and first aid kits
Sexual violence: Risk, response, survival and recovery
Communication and Dealing with aggression

To sign up, please go to: https://forms.office.com/e/Dic5sx47j9

Please reach out to us with any questions to Sebastian (Lead Trainer) on sno@nca.no.