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St
Faith’s First for First Aid!
 On
Saturday 7th June, fourteen people gathered at
St
Faith’s church for a First
Aid training study day.The
event was arranged by St Faith’s for the Hitchin Deanery,
specifically
for
church workers.
The training was
given by a fireman and qualified
First Aid trainer for the
emergency services and included the three
principles of First Aid: to preserve life, to prevent deterioration and
to
promote recovery. Much of the morning
session was spent on emergency diagnosis and how to
undertake resuscitation which is the act of restoring function to the
circulatory and/or respiratory systems when they have stopped. For
this, we practiced
rescue breathing and
chest compressions (known as Cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR) on
dummies,
[see picture].
The course was
highly
informative and whilst being physically demanding
due to a lot of CPR practice, we were kept refreshed throughout the day
with
cups of tea and coffee.
The day was
a great success and a
certificate
was awarded to the successful candidates.
Given that most churches are busy public places, it is important to
have
people in the congregation who can perform First Aid when someone is
taken ill
and it was pleasing that the course was attended by people from across
the
Deanery.
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