First Aid

In preparation for the year 6 camp at Camp Iona at Herbert.  We have been up-skilling our first aid knowledge.  Today we had a visit from Neville from the Red Cross.  We covered such things as:

• D.R.S.A.B.C 

Danger
Response
Airway
Breathing
Circulation

• Shock
• Broken bones
• Burns and scalds
• Poisons
• Applying bandages and slings
• Choking
• Recovery position 

The recovery position

Using the knee and the shoulder as pivot points rescuers are able to rotate patients even heavier and larger than themselves.