Basic First Aid
Event description
FRIDAY 16TH JUNE, 1PM TO 5PM
Come learn or refresh your first aid skills.
This course will give a good foundational experience and have a farming/rural slant.
What will be covered:
- Primary Assessment: ABC
- What to do when first on the scene
- Sending for help
- Bleeding
- What should have in first aid kit (bring a photo or your actual kit along to see if it's well covering potential needs)
- Farm accidents
- Defibrilator
- Affects of cold and hot, hypo and hyperthermia (and how this can overlay medical issues)
- Q & A. What participants want, what have they had happen
About Gwyn the Red Cross First Aid Educator
"I grew up on a dairy farm in Northland (just South of Whangarei) in the 60’s and 70’s. The first aid started as my Dad was a typical old school farmer, and consequently H&S wasn’t at the top of the list – so patch him up to get back to the house. As a young un work on the farm was compulsory so my own share of injuries from back then. Went on to do stints in forestry, Search and Rescue, with St John as a volunteer, an Army medic Territorial. My first aid is just that – the aid before Ambulance and further help arrives. Not necessarily pretty but works" 😊
Reserve your place now and join this opportunity sponsored through the Pihama & Oeo Catchment Community and Taranaki Catchment Communities.
For any questions feel free to contact the Pihama/Oeo Catchment Coordinator: Fiona Young, fiona@taranakicc.nz, 027 580 3502