First Aid Lecture
Here’s a student sharing her experience.
Last Tuesday, Vicky Vincenti, a volunteer of St. John Ambulance explained the main topics of First Aid to some students.
First of all, she started giving some information of general interest like St. John ambulances started in 1882 and the very first First Aider written down in history was the good Samaritan in the Bible.
After that she focused on the topic. She told us that the first thing we have to do, when a person needs help, is to check that there’s no danger around.
Then we should verify if there’s response. If there’s no response the person is unconscious.
The next step is checking the Airway, Breathing and Gradation, one after the other. The “ABC”‘s of first aid.
Furthermore it’s important to put the person in recovery position to avoid the tongue going back and getting stuck in the airway. When food is getting stuck in the airway, called “choking”, there’s no oxygen coming up and concurrently the person gets blue.
If this happens, we have to hit him on the back five times and if it doesn’t work we should thrust the abdomen five times too.
Meanwhile we should call the emergency number and be careful when this happens to babies, because they need more care.
To sum up, the care given before medical help arrives can mean the difference between life and death.
Everyone should know what to do in common emergencies.
Raquel Sanchez Gavilanes