CPR Training

A very informative CPR training session was held at the Red Lion on 26 January, and was presented by Graeme Seaman, NHS Community First Responder.  The First Responders work on a voluntary basis and are trained by the ambulance service to attend emergency calls in the area where they live or work. Their aim is to reach a potential life-threatening emergency in the first vital minutes before the ambulance crew arrives on scene.  The role of the First Responders is to help stabilise the patient and, in doing so, keep the patient alive until the arrival of the more highly-skilled ambulance crew, who are trained to undertake further life-saving techniques.

The photographs show Graeme using a dummy to demonstrate the correct procedure for administering CPR.  Graeme also showed us how to put a patient into the recovery position and John Morrish kindly volunteered to be the 'patient'. 

There was an excellent turnout of villagers from Needham and Brockdish for this CPR training.   Graeme was pleased to see the large number of attendees and commented that usual numbers tended to be two or three people per session.

If anyone is interested in learning about the work of the NHS Community First Responders, then have a look at their website - http://www.eastamb.nhs.uk/get-involved/community-first-responders.htm - you may be inspired to become a volunteer!