And thought I’d share this as it is up to date advice! https://revivr.bhf.org.uk/?utm_camp...rm=&org=CambridgeUniversityPressAndAssessment
Great innit...invaluable I would say. I do the 3 day first aid at work one every two years, one of my favourite courses.
Should be compulsory at school, with stuff like mortgages, diy etc, instead of stuff like logarithms and algebra that folk hardly ever use.
Everyone should know stuff like this. Something you hope you'll never need to use, but it can be the difference between life and death if you know it. My son stopped breathing once and I managed to get him going again before anything more serious happened.
I would have appreciated training. Other half had a heart attack and ambulance service did a fantastic job talking me through CPR keeping her going till the paramedics arrived but it would have been less stressful if I knew what I was doing. Fortunately she is still with us 10 years on thanks to the paramedics, Dryburn A&E and the Freeman Cardiac Unit who fitted an implantable defibrillator..
I remember listening to someone who had been saved by a first aid trained person literally because of CPR training. His rib was broken from the cpr. But he was alive he said that it doesn’t matter if you break someone’s rib, if you save their life that’s all That matters. Will have a proper look at what you shared tomorrow. Am sat waiting for my son in Newcastle as he’s been to city hall to watch someone I’ve never heard of before!!
Never actually had to do it, my training is well out of date (thanks to Covid lockdowns) and have never been offered it again, but remember vividly how much I was sweating and how much effort it took to be hitting the right levels on the dummy
Mine is well out of date 10 plus years but I remember the guy who taught mine was ex-paramedic and he said about breaking ribs. He also said people tend to think you are trying to get the persons heart going and them breathing again but if they have had a proper heart attack and their heart has stopped only thing to get it going is the defibrillator. Your job is to keep blood with oxygen pumping around the body by doing the job of the heart, no mean feat! On a side notes it's why defibrillators should be more commonplace than they are, I mean we have taken huge steps in the last decade or so in how much you see them but can always get better.
Agree with every word my uncle died of a heart attack a couple of years ago. He was 52. his wife had to do that job you mention to keep him in a state for paramedics to try to resuscitate. It was too late sadly as he died the next day. Has made me all the more advocate for the defibrillators. It could happen to anyone! Heart disease runs in my family (5 generations including my Dad), one if the reasons I keep myself reasonably fit (I’m type 1 diabetic too).
Ignoring the dad joke. The good news is you can. It’s 15 mins. Get it sorted. I’ll search for a better joke book while you do it
Vital training. I think all parents should get this training along with choking before they are allowed to leave hospital with a baby etc. Both absolutely vital. Used both before and literally saved lives with it.
I did a course when my youngest was born. It was primarily baby massage, but they added on some additional sessions including first aid and safety at home. It was run through Sure Start which was later axed by the Tories. Shame as it provided much needed support to parents of early years bairns, especially to those in low socio economic areas.
