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Please can anyone give me some guidance on age limits for first aid training. Can anyone of any age do an Appointed Persons course? And same question for FAW.
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One problem children may have is body mass and physical strength. As you know it takes considerable effort to depress a chest when doing CPR the heavier you are (within reason) the easier it is as you rely on body weight not strength. There’s info on this somewhere.
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Well as there is no such thing as an appointed persons course (no really there isn't) anyone can do it. Although the courses are designed for the work place and nobody under 16 should really be in the workplace (does a paper round count?)
In my experience the only thing different between teaching children and adults is the style of delivery. Children are more than capable of absorbing the content of the lesson if it is delivered in a manner they will find easy to digest.
I find lots of role play and gory stuff and stories of limbs hanging off keeps their attention.
Adults are "too mature" for role play lol (well that's what I was told on a course I taught yesterday)
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I have taught an 8 year old basic Emergency Life Support, she managed to turn a 22 stone bloke into recovery position, she did struggle a little on CPR.
At the end of the day though I reckon she could have told an adult that was there what to do with compressions.
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The one important thing to remember is that children have memories like sponges.
If you teach them the correct techniques their strength will come later in their development.
It is however vitally important to remind them that CPR should NEVER be practised on their mates !!
Also that dialling 999 is NOT a game, and should only be done if the real need arises.
I've taught hundreds of children from the age of 5 years and upwards, DRABC & Recovery position are always fun but I leave CPR for the older ones because they are a bit more mature and will understand a bit better.
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What do you think Cas Simulation is? it is just role play. Those who are unable to embrace new training methods, can be enlightened. Those unwilling to embrace new methods need shooting.
i use roleplay in a number of my courses and, one embarrassment is overcome, my students love it..... and I use it on first aid as well as my challenging behaviours courses, care courses can aqllow role play, I do this a lot on my Moving and handling courses.
Why does appointed persons courses not exists Pas, please expalin this..... you train emergency aid, don`t you?
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i would like to think that at least 99 per cent of use use role play in our training sessions
i think it is very very important as a visual training meathod as every one knows any idiot can stand up in front of a class and talk for 6 hours and your class is fast asleep,
we have to bring training upto date and role play is very important,
helping people with the poserbility of real life accidents they may come across later in real life hey we only have one go at living in this life time so lets make the best of it,
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"Appointed person courses do not exist" was a tongue in cheek comment about how the role of the appointed person has been misunderstood. The AP is simply someone who looks after a first aid kit. We now have companies providing 12 hour "HSE approved" AP courses.
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