(19 December 2016, 14:15)harrypalmer Wrote: Any training is good training, blood loss control is basic in the UK.
Stopping the blood flow is basic world wide.
It is good that the UK has begun stopping the blood flow rather than applying the leaches and draining the infirm.
What I am referring to is the scenes such as Jonas has trained for, mass casualties in varying states of trauma which the basic first aid course does not prepare one to handle.
Few Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, school teachers or even nurses have had combat first aid training, nor have they encountered spontaneous amputations or sucking chest wounds which are often part of the carnage left by these attacks.
We need a higher level of FA training offered, or even required, for the public.
And it should be noted that witnessing the aftermath of mass casualty situations is the trauma that plants the seeds of PTSD. Many of the troops that suffer from the malady were not injured themselves but witnessed and worked through the aftermath, treating casualties and managing the cleanup of bodies and equipment.
And the troops get training!
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