I've been trained with St John's since 1980. Initially a 1 week course with 3 day refreshers, every 3 years.
Our trainer warned us about the dangers of helping members of the public a few refreshers ago (probably about 10 years) & we talked about the insurance through St. John's. The trainer mentioned two specific events, one was because some jeans had to be cut to access the injury, the other was a biker in serious danger after a smash - had to be moved out of harm's way immediately.
There was quite a bit of discussion about this at the time. The trainer was also saying that there is a huge danger when the public congregate around a patient - everyone wants to throw in their twopenn'orth & half the advice can be completely wrong. Another problem can be, if you come late to the scene & Joe public has already carried out 'first aid' they learned from watching an episode of Dr Kildare.
Regarding the child's burn, always advised to send to hospital - THEY are the experts- a small burn on an adult can be huge for a kid - let A&E decide.
Several years ago i was asked if I would be the first aider for my son's rugby team - they sent me on a specific course which turned out to be a one-day course* run by God knows who. The book they taught from & handed out was a Dorling Kindersley (SP?) book of first aid which had been printed several years earlier:bang:. *9 - 5, starting at 9.30 after refreshments, hour off for lunch, mid afternoon refs & finish at 4pm not bad going to cover the whole book
Our trainer warned us about the dangers of helping members of the public a few refreshers ago (probably about 10 years) & we talked about the insurance through St. John's. The trainer mentioned two specific events, one was because some jeans had to be cut to access the injury, the other was a biker in serious danger after a smash - had to be moved out of harm's way immediately.
There was quite a bit of discussion about this at the time. The trainer was also saying that there is a huge danger when the public congregate around a patient - everyone wants to throw in their twopenn'orth & half the advice can be completely wrong. Another problem can be, if you come late to the scene & Joe public has already carried out 'first aid' they learned from watching an episode of Dr Kildare.
Regarding the child's burn, always advised to send to hospital - THEY are the experts- a small burn on an adult can be huge for a kid - let A&E decide.
Several years ago i was asked if I would be the first aider for my son's rugby team - they sent me on a specific course which turned out to be a one-day course* run by God knows who. The book they taught from & handed out was a Dorling Kindersley (SP?) book of first aid which had been printed several years earlier:bang:. *9 - 5, starting at 9.30 after refreshments, hour off for lunch, mid afternoon refs & finish at 4pm not bad going to cover the whole book