Caribbean Red Cross E-Newsletter

Disaster Risk Mgt.

No. 2

September - October 2006

Caribbean First Aid Project extended

The Caribbean First Aid Project has been extended to November 30th, 2006.

This is good news for the three National Societies – Belize, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago, participating in the project as they now have an addition month top continue implementing their project.

The Caribbean First Aid Project is in the final stages of producing a First Aid manual specifically aimed at the Caribbean audience. The manual is being developed and published by the three National Societies involved in the project, in consultation with other Red Cross Societies in the Caribbean.

Local designers and printers have been contracted to produce the manual and a new set of photographs have been captured depicting Caribbean scenes and models demonstrating potential First Aid situations and different treatments.

The text for the manual is being reviewed and now includes additional information on heat emergencies, snake and animal bites, and insect and marine stings.

The First Aid information takes into consideration the Caribbean lifestyle and the variety of emergency services available in different countries. A number of National Societies in the region will have an opportunity to review the text before it is printed.

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The First Aid manual will have its own ISBN number and bar code so that it can be sourced in book shops, libraries and online. It will be priced in US dollars but NS will be able to label it in their own country’s currency.

The new manual will be owned and managed by a tri-partite committee and will be available at the end of 2006 for all Red Cross Societies to order.

The manual is of very high quality but will be available at a low cost to National Societies and in conjunction with the new instructor resource packs will support Red Cross Societies that do not have the means to produce their own manual and training materials, but want resources that reflect the Caribbean culture and lifestyle.