St John Ambulance Wiltshire offers community first aid
courses
Wiltshire’s leading first aid charity has
unveiled a suite of community first aid
courses aimed at encouraging more people to learn the
basic skills that can be the difference between a
life lost and a life saved.
Everyone encouraged to learn first aid
St John Ambulance will hold courses at
centres in Swindon, Devizes and Salisbury between January
and October 2012 to give as many people as possible the
opportunity to learn life saving first aid skills.
The Essential First Aid course lasts three
hours and caters for all ages from 10 upwards. It covers the
main first aid scenarios including
choking, severe bleeding, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation,
dealing with an unconscious casualty and fractures, sprains and
strains, head injuries and other situations you may face.
It costs just £25.
Courses aim to reduce lives lost
Research carried out by St John Ambulance in 2010 showed that up
to 150,000 people die every year in situations where first aid
could have made the difference.
Around 58% people wouldn't know what to do if
faced with a medical emergency and a quarter would do nothing.
Robert Bruce, CEO for St John Ambulance
Wiltshire said: ‘Learning first aid is one of the single
most important things you can do in your life. You never
know when you may need it – at work, at home, in school, playing
sport – you just don’t know.
‘But if you know basic first aid, anyone can be the
difference between a life lost and a life saved and what
could be more important than saving someone’s life?
These courses are designed to make
learning first aid easy and fun and there is something to
suit everyone.’
Courses will be held at St John Ambulance’s training centre in
Rodbourne Road in Swindon on 4 February and 21 April; at
Beacon Business Centre, Hopton Estate in Devizes on 10 March, 16
June and 8 September; and at Roman Road in Salisbury on 28 January,
19 May, 7 July and 13 October.
To book a place one of the courses or for more information
contact 0844 880 2626.