first aid training ?

[Peter]

What you need, is some good CPR training, and then everything else is making the casualty comfortable and what you should and shouldnt do in various situations.

 

You are not expected to learn how to treat injuries as such any more.

 

Personally, i think the one day course is perfectly adequate, although i dont know what industry guidance is these days.

[Mesterh]

From what I've seen in RL and read I think large bleed injuries are what we will mainly be up against so I am gearing my first aid kit and training towards that.

 

Received some celox from jonesie, that goes in first aid kit and all climbers personal first aid kit.

[nuggsy]

ive done a 1 day red cross course specific to arb and forestry, im told that it is more than enough for the job and on a personal level, its ilegal to turn a blind eye to someone needing first aid if you are qualified tho lol.

i also had an in house qualification as a h+s inspector when i was working for wolseley uk (drain center) was the manager for a period in there n had to learn it but its all changed and its different from arb

[Peter]

its ilegal to turn a blind eye to someone needing first aid if you are qualified tho lol.

 

I dont believe that is the case, under UK law first aiders are quite well protected, you are within your rights to not assist anyone needing first aid, qualified or not.

Of course, if your duties as an employee include first aid, then you could be subject to disciplinary action from your employer.

 

Also worth noting, if you assist a member of the public, as long as whatever you do is within the general boundaries of your first aid training, you are protected from being sued by the person you help or their relatives.

 

For example, in the USA, there have been cases of people's life being saved by a first aider administering CPR, and the casualty suing the first aider at a later date becaue they broke a rib in the process. Wont happen here though.

[Stephen Blair]

when i did my first aid years ago, everywhere i went folk seemed to collapse in front of me, at work on the main st. i would panick and walk around them if more folk were already there. but there was one instance where i was the only one there that new what to do, and it comes back. the best thing now i think is a mobile phone. i really need to do a refresher, and get some big bleed stuff.

[nuggsy]

i want one of those blood stopper sachets for my kit, 20 quid is a small amount if it saves my or someone elses life