First Aid

On Thursday the 17th of March Room 8 had a visit from Jo (From St Johns).  We were lucky enough to have Jo teach a range of first aid techniques that can help to save lives.  It was a fabulous learning session which is part of our 'safety' thinking for Term 1.

Here is what we learnt...
DRSABCD
Danger - Check dangers, always put yourself first, even over the patient.
Response - What is your patient doing?
Send for help - 111, others or AED (defibrillator)
Airway - Is this clear
Breathing - Check
CPR
Defibrillator - Should have arrived if it has been sent for

We learnt to go through DRSABCD on our patients.  When we got to C, we practiced CPR on a dummy.  We learnt that you need 30 pumps of the heart and 2 breaths and that the song "Row, row, row your boat sung twice is how many pumps to do".

 We also learnt how to put people in the recovery position if they were still breathing, but needed some help.

 Learning to bandage was also worthwhile.  We learnt some great first aid skills from Jo at St Johns.