First Aid Blog Post
On the 29/11/23 our class had a paramedic from St John come in to tell us how to help someone if they are unconscious. Sophie was the paramedic who had come in to tell us about all this life saving stuff. The first thing she asked was whether we know when an emergency is or it is just a trip to the hospital in the car. A broken arm is not always an injury that you need to call an ambulance for, a broken leg on the other hand, you do need to call an ambulance because you can not move to a car without moving your broken leg which could do further damage.
Sophie told us about D R S A B which stands for danger, response, send for help, airways and breathing. Then Sophie showed us what each of the things mean. Danger means: look around you and the injured watch out for stuff like knives, hot stuff and other dangerous things. Response means check for responses to see a response you must tap hard on the unconscious person’s collar bone and yell their name out. Send for help means if the person does not respond you call the ambulance start away and say what happened, how it happened, where the accident happened and don’t hang up until the services tell you to. My favourite part was at the end when I won an oscar for the best unconscious person.