First Aid Course Experience

[Grumpy Grandpa]

(7 June 2013, 09:18)Skean Dhude Wrote: Don't forget the military ones have to train someone who may be the only fist aid for miles where the public ones have tojust provide first aid until the responder arrive in a few minutes. It is the best we are going to get unless someone is a military trainer willing to train one of us.

I'm sure it wasn't your intention SD, but I felt this one hit me squarely between the eyes and truth to tell, I would dearly love to feel that I could be that useful again! I have been a military instructor - more than twenty years ago - but it was in outdoor pursuits and never in 1st aid. I have saved life - two occasions of treating advanced hypothermia in the mountains I will always remember and one of failing to save it will remain forever imprinted (attempting CPR on the stoved-in ribs of a guy who fell from Tower Ridge on the Ben).

I went through annual qualification, as did the many ex-military members here, so I do have a bit of knowledge and I would be perfectly willing to pass on what I do know (and can vaguely remember! ) if any members should wish it but they would be better served, I think, by people like NR's missus or by any who work in hospitals and have current knowledge.

If I can be of service, let me know.

(I've gone into a bit more detail than is comfortable so you can judge...)