Been meaning to post this since the weekend.
My work has paid for me to take a three day first aid training course and another 1 day refresher a couple of years on and I can't recommend highly enough that if you get the chance, do this. Or take evening classes over a number of weeks.
At the weekend I was with friends in a theatre bar on the last night of an amateur dramatics (community theatre) show, when an older lady collapsed. With just a little knowledge I was able to deal with the situation whilst a number of other people were starting to panic.
Nothing dramatic had to be done, just a few basics that they drum into in the class and she turned from disoriented, sick, cold and clammy to lucid and fully aware - fully aware that she did not want anyone to call an ambulance. But that's the other thing they drum into you as a first aider - let the pros make the full diagnosis.
She was taken into hospital and I was informed released to go home a few hours later.
So, if your boss is looking for volunteers to become first aiders - say "Yes"
My work has paid for me to take a three day first aid training course and another 1 day refresher a couple of years on and I can't recommend highly enough that if you get the chance, do this. Or take evening classes over a number of weeks.
At the weekend I was with friends in a theatre bar on the last night of an amateur dramatics (community theatre) show, when an older lady collapsed. With just a little knowledge I was able to deal with the situation whilst a number of other people were starting to panic.
Nothing dramatic had to be done, just a few basics that they drum into in the class and she turned from disoriented, sick, cold and clammy to lucid and fully aware - fully aware that she did not want anyone to call an ambulance. But that's the other thing they drum into you as a first aider - let the pros make the full diagnosis.
She was taken into hospital and I was informed released to go home a few hours later.
So, if your boss is looking for volunteers to become first aiders - say "Yes"
