CPR and First Aid Training

Would you be confident in your ability to assist if someone were to need emergency medical assistance? We lead active, outdoor lives and we are aware of the risk that, sometimes, one or more of us may need help in an emergency. For this reason, we offer training in CPR and First Aid, including the use of Automatic External Defibrillators and specific care which is suitable for children.

As part of their training for safe diving, Noah and a couple of friends have now completed a First Aid and CPR course with me, including the use of a defibrillator. They are now qualified Emergency First Responders. We ran the course at an easy pace over a few days and practiced a number of scenarios that they might encounter such as drowning and anaphylactic shock. Sophia helped us by acting as a casualty.

For the final exercise, we simulated an accident in the kitchen in which she suffered a nasty stabbing/penetrating injury while cutting carrots. Fortunately, the boys were not squeamish and they treated it correctly.

On the last day, we had a couple of hours spare. We like to make the most of our time so, after a quick swim, they learned and practised another useful skill: Picking Locks. We used a set of traditional hand-tools for this session: torsion wrenches, picks and rakes. I do not expect that they will need to do this underwater but you never know…