First Aid

How well do you know how to deal with emergencies? Could you give life saving first aid to those who need it?

Test your first aid knowledge:

St John Ambulance (www.sja.org.uk)

Get a free first aid guide from St John Ambulance.

'The pocket sized guide gives you essential first aid advice. It covers five common conditions where straightforward first aid could be the difference between a life lost and a life saved.

You'll learn how to treat:

Choking
Heart attack
Severe bleeding
Dealing with an unconscious person
Dealing with someone who isn’t breathing.'

Get the free first aid guide (only available to UK residents)

Hurrah, I got 5/5 but thats only because I was in the St Johns Ambulance Brigade a few years back. A very worthwhile cause?

just hope these guys never have to pick you up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcPH8NFujuk

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I didn't get all 5, Erontquay, at least not with confidence. It is an extremely important cause.

WHEN I worked on airport security,jo anne,two employees were allowed to do the basic St.John's First Aid course and after two years my request for a refresher course was refused.Although there was a defibrillator adjacent to security check in we were not allowed to or trained to use it.We were told by our employer to call the emergency service if need be!I bet you can guess the name of the security company.

I know the one, Dave, I've seen you mention it previously. My sister-in-law works for them as a prison warden and the way they go about things is appalling.

pretty well. Whenever my hubby gets hurt I get out the first aid kit. When I sliced my forearm open abit, he hurried up and used that skin glue to pull the skin together and glue it

* Free first aid guides from St John Ambulance are still available *

Get the free first aid guide

Also:
'The British Heart Foundation (BHF) have re-launched their highly successful 'Hands-only CPR' campaign and North West Ambulance Service is once again proud to show its support for the life-saving scheme.'

Hands-only CPR (free app available)

great link jo anne sadly i did not do very well, but, at least ive learned, i hope, where i went wrong

I've got the free first aid guide at home, Piccy, and it is good, though I think a practical course would give me more confidence in applying some of it in an emergency situation.

I get basic refresher first aid course every Year at Marshals training course every February at Three Sisters Track,9th of Feb this Year,anybody fancy being a Marshal get Yourselves Down there 08-30 till about 16.00,lunch supplied,if Your going call Julie on 01942-790488 else You wont get free lunch.

i had regular training at work but it will lapse now. i think the TV ad was good in that it says just to keep pumping the chest is better than doing nothing.

I prayed for my hubby's tooth last night and it fell out this morning

Was he relieved, Erin?

That's the British Heart Foundation TV ad, Kath:

Hands-only CPR (free app available)

Geoff - great photo, it'd be great if first aid training could be more prevalent for us all, but not sure how we could go about it nationally though.