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Two
hundred members of the Antigua & Barbuda Red Cross have begun to receive
training in First Aid from the Antigua & Barbuda Red Cross
(ABRC).
ABRC Director General Gerald Price said the course will teach
members of the military how to recognize emergencies, check conscious
and unconscious victims, give abdominal thrusts, rescue breathing,
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and treat injuries.
Price said the 12-hour course will teach hands-on skills and
participants must pass a written test to become a certified First
Aid Responder.
During 2006 a cadre of ABRC volunteer
instructors trained 250
hotel employees, 55 factory employees, 25 airline employees,
55 office employees,400 youths, 35 civil servants, 25 kindergarten
teachers, 210 community disaster based persons and 30 Hispanics
( in Spanish ) in Community First Aid, said Price.
He explained that the ABRC wants to teach First Aid to one percent
of the local population every year, and this is possible if more
people are trained as volunteer First Aid Instructors.
Price added that youth groups and community disaster based groups
are taught community based First Aid free of charge with the
assistance of an annual grant from the Mill Reef Fund, financed
by the Mill Reef Club in Antigua.
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| A member
of the Coast Guard administers First Aid to a member
of the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force. Skills demonstrated
are direct pressure to the wound, elevation and pressing
on the pulse in the arm. Note the use of latex disposable
gloves at all time when administering First Aid. |
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| A female member of the
Coast Guard demonstrates her skills in removing a blockage
of the air passage in an infant. |
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