On the 5th and 6th of October last week, I have successfully completed my two days First Aid training with St John Ambulance Australia. This is not my first time doing the course, I have done it twice before, each time you completed this course, it will valid for 3 years, then you either do a “refresher course” (1 day course) but must be done before 3 years date expires. If not, you can do like what I did, wait until my 3 yrs gone, then do it again. Senior First Aid I believe is really useful. I have 2 children, 3 yrs old and 11 yrs old. And I also work as nursing assistant with elderly living in the community. This skill is wonderful to have. We were thought basically a basic emergency treatment to help others in needs. We were trained to, Preserve Life, Prevent further Injury, Promote Recovery and Protect the unconscious.
My favourite part of the program was CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation). We were thought to do CPR on unconscious child, infant and adult. We were given a manicune to practice with, an adult size and also infant size manicune.
The basic CPR is if the patient is unresponsive, not moving or not breathing normally commence the CPR at once, 2 breathe then 30:2, 30 compressions to every 2 breaths for adults,children and infants, then check for pulse, keeping doing it until medical aids arrive. If the patient breathing, put him/her in the recovery position.
How to pump the heart? First ensure that the casualty is on their back on a firm surface, you cannot perform CPR on the bed or while the casualty sitting down. The heart lies beneath the lower half of the breastbone, so put your hands in the middle of the chest, pump the heart by pressing firmly straight down with both hands together, about 1/3 the depth of the chest, don’t jerk. Relax to let the heart refill. Every 30 compressions, blow 2 effective breaths into the casualty, then restart pumping the heart.
I strongly encourage everyone and anyone to do Senior First Aid course, its certainly beneficial for me, I feel much confident in my self regards to dealing with emergency.
