First Aid course
at club night
Sheila And John Work Out How To Use The Defibrillator
Craig Sutton gave 15 club members an interesting and entertaining evening introducing aspects of First Aid appropriate for orienteers on Thursday.
NEW: Cardi-O - article by Peter Hambleton of Sarum OC on being heart-aware
Craig (of Somerset Training) was able to bring his "real life" experience as a paramedic to the session, on 6 December.
What was covered:
- Assess an incident
- Manage an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally
- Manage an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing normally
- Recognise and assist a casualty who is choking
- Manage a casualty with external bleeding
- Manage injuries to bones, muscles and joints
- Manage a casualty with a head injury
All delegates received a certificate and a manual.