As a part of the course and for the safety of the trip, we are now all First Aid trained! During the training we practiced the recovery position which we did on each other, we know what to do if someone is breathing or not, and there is different procedures to go through which is DRABC.
DRABC stands for DANGER - is it safe for us to get help the person? RESPONSE-is the person concious? To chech we have to tap their collarbone and gently shake the person. AIRWAYS- Are the airways clear? If they are then we lift their chin fully back so they don't swallow their tongue and choke. BREATHING -is the person breathing? To check we put our ear to their mouth for 10 seconds to see if i can hear or feel them breathing whilst looking down at their chest to see any movement. After this we should call an ambulance and tell them the situation, if they are female/male and if they are breathing or not. The last word is Compression/CPR-if the person is not breathing we should do this, this is where we need to do 30 compressions on their sternum and then give them 2 breaths each lasting around 4 seconds.We stop this if we are getting tired, an ambulance comes or if they start breathing again.We practiced this on dummies, and it was a very good thing to do as we could feel how difficult it really was to keep doing the 30 compressions. I tried so hard to save my dummy that i blistered my hand..now that is a real doctor in the making! LOL
Another part of First Aid we learnt was how to stop heavy bleeding and how to use bandages. We had the chance to real have a good on each other. And how to help some one if they are choking.
This First Aid Training will last for 3 years and I now feel safe and confident if anything was to happen to me or anyone else in Prague... hopefully nothing will but best to be safe than sorry!
Sx
Monday 4th April 2011
No comments:
Post a Comment