During the Professional Development Day today, I completed Emergency First Response Training. The school is using PADI Emergency First Response Training. So far this school year, 45 employees and 20 students received certification as first responders. The course consists of both online and in-person training sessions.
MYP Coordinator Rob Tate is our in-house trainer and he started our workshop by reminding all of us of these key points that are often missed by people taking the course.
- When you ask a person to go for help, don’t forget to ask him/her to come back.
- Don’t forget to pinch the nose when you tilt the head when establishing an airway.
- You are not going to make it any worse.
Above are two key diagrams to keep in mind in any situation requiring delivering medical assistance. The first is the Cycle of Care (AB CABS) and this is a checklist to use in a stressful situation. The second diagram reminds us to immediately call for help and where an amateur first responder can fit in the chain. TIS is fortunate to have an English-speaking family medical clinic on our campus. A doctor is always about 6 minutes away with advanced care Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
My big takeaway from the sessions is we need to better identify where the First Aid Stations are on campus, especially the first aid stations with AED (Automatic External Defibrillator). It would also be good to have laminated emergency phone numbers placed in all medical kits and ask employees to put the numbers in their phones. Below are my notes from the online portion of the training that I took with my iPad and shared with my computer.
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