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Red Cross First
Aid Training Day - October 11th 2008
All the instructors
at the Archway undertake regular training in First Aid in an attempt
to keep their skills current and their knowledge up to date. The
course, given by a Red Cross Instructor and held at the Archway Academy on
October 11th 2008, was one of our regular updates. up to 12
people may participate in the course so we invite our students and
instructors from other martial arts schools to join us. This helps keep costs down as it is
run on a not for profit basis, so the cost is shared by
the Academy and external participants. This year the cost was £75 per person.
The course was the emergency first aid
for Sports course designed and delivered by the Red Cross.
There are no pre-requisites, but participants must be
physically able to carry out the procedures detailed in
the Course Contents.
It is a 1 day course
for people who are involved in sporting activities and
may need to administer basic first aid.
Course content includes:
- Personal safety, action at an incident
- Priorities: DRAB check and sending for help
- Unconscious casualty: adults & children
- Resuscitation: adults & children
- Choking: adults & children
- Dealing with blood loss and shock
- Burns and scalds
- Fractures
- Minor bleeding
- Bleeding from special areas: face, mouth, tongue,
loss of teeth, ripped nails
- Spinal injuries
- Asthma
- Winding
- Drowning
- Chest injuries
- Management of sprains, strains and dislocations
- Management of damage to achilles tendon
- Cramp
- Friction burns and sunburn
- Angina and heart attack
- Diabetes
- Head injuries
- Contents of first aid kit
- Reporting and recording of incidents
An Emergency aid for sports certificate valid for
three years is awarded to those completing the course.
Below are some pictures illustrating activities on the day.
Ruth - the Red Cross trainer demonstrating CPR technique on the rescuscitatin dummy to Pat Saults
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The class in CPR training, beginning with listening for signs of breathing
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Spinal Injury Training, learning how to make the victim safe, and prevent further injury, a team effort.
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Steve and Brian (seated)learnng how to secure an arm injury with an elevation sling using a triangular bandage.
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Brian having been successfully dressed with the elevation sling lets success go to his head!
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