First Aid Success

The weekend of 31th May and 1st June Adult Warrant Officer Banham along with the help of Civilian Instructors Hannah Fryer, Natasha Dennington, Ben Sparkes and Jo Banham organised and ran a First Aid course for a group of 10 cadets who wanted to obtain a St Johns Youth First Aid Badge or renew their first aid skills.

The weekend was made up of written lessons and videos as well as practical elements where they could put their knowledge to the test in a wide variety of scenarios.

Each of the cadets demonstrated a high level of skills as well as communication and casualty care when dealing with each of their casualties. Particular mention should go to Cadet Nicky Sparkes who demonstrated his ability to keep the casualty calm during each element of the scenario. At the end of the weekend the cadets took a practical assessment where they ahd to demonstrate all the knowledge they had obtained over the weekend and deal with a scenario which started as a conscious casualty and then progressed to unconscious and then tested their skills at CPR.

All cadets successfully passed the assessment and have gained their St Johns Youth First Aid Badge.