Monday 14 September 2020

Professional Development: First Aid

Safety in the workplace is extremely important so knowing how to keep our students safe is an important for teachers. This week our staff updated their first aid qualifications together over two afternoons. Our four hour training course was run by Bronwyn from Actions for Survival, and was both really informative and really interesting. 

Important Takeaways:

DRSABC - Keep yourself safe first... this is the most important point to remember 

30:2 ratio when giving CPR (30 compressions: 2 breaths)

  • Adult: 2 hands
  • Child 1-8: 1 hand
  • Baby: 2 fingers
6 puffs of a reliever pump per 6 minutes to help control an asthma attack