tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post3105664410993557376..comments2023-09-26T12:58:21.651+00:00Comments on The Paramedic's Diary: The misery of childrenXfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189044083128101123noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-3287617301563519702010-12-01T08:20:47.065+00:002010-12-01T08:20:47.065+00:00Re the 'filming' - that seems a good idea ...Re the 'filming' - that seems a good idea if parents can't speak enough English to accurately describe what had happened.<br /><br />@Mike - links for info on 'The Difference', and the 'Popcorn' advert- <br /><br />http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/support-us/the-difference/popcorn.aspxMjolinirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-12154384221167740282010-12-01T00:29:44.612+00:002010-12-01T00:29:44.612+00:00Hi Stuart
I have not left a comment before but hav...Hi Stuart<br />I have not left a comment before but have followed your blog for quite a while. I am a Transport Attendant for St John Ambulance - NHS nearest equivalent of an Emergency Care Attendant I suppose.<br /><br />I have found your blog most instructive and educational and it has helped to advance my knowledge. I don't suppose I can claim it as CPD though!<br /><br />In light of your comments I thought I would mention The St John Ambulance "The Difference" campaign where we are trying to encourage the public to take a first aid course. There is much useful info available on YouTube under St John Ambulance including some very effective videos and free downloads including a first aid App for the iPhone. <br /><br />Enough of the publicity - it seemed a good moment to mention it! Keep up the good work, your blog is great.<br /><br />MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-29771657184572632252010-11-30T21:37:20.188+00:002010-11-30T21:37:20.188+00:00I agree that first aid should be taught in schools...I agree that first aid should be taught in schools. It does stay with you, I can say from personal experiance- I was able to help someone at work. There was something in the deep dark recesses of my brian which told me what to do! I didn't save a life, but I was able to prevent someone fitting from injuring themself whilst the ambulance was on it's way. Small, I know, but I did feel good when the paramedic said I had done all the right things! <br />You must get that feeling all the time. Maybe it's why you do what you do?<br /><br />MintyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-31090087541227549672010-11-30T00:20:39.270+00:002010-11-30T00:20:39.270+00:00Sarah
True, this could certainly have been the ca...Sarah<br /><br />True, this could certainly have been the case. Sorry to hear of your experience.Xfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189044083128101123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-63714469277599387532010-11-29T20:08:12.227+00:002010-11-29T20:08:12.227+00:00A very moving post. I sincerely believe that first...A very moving post. I sincerely believe that first aid training should be compulsory in schools, so that they all grow up equipped with the skills to save someones life should that need ever arise. I also believe that first aid skills should be mandatory for expectant parents, so alongside the deep breathing and birth techniques and the myriad health checks and scans they are taught some basic skills such as what to do if the child stops breathing, or chokes, or is scalded or has a seizure or whatever.<br />keep up the good work on the blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-44013051243124334142010-11-29T17:54:28.106+00:002010-11-29T17:54:28.106+00:00About the filming .... my son suddenly started hav...About the filming .... my son suddenly started having seizures, which eventually turned out to be due to a brain tumour that killed him, aged 13. The first few seizures were only witnessed by us, we called an ambulance in panic but the seizures were generally over by the time a doctor or nurse saw him. It was hard to describe exactly and the initial feeling from the hospital was that it was panic attacks. After a week or so we filmed an attack to show the doctors what it was like. Possibly your people were unsure of being able to explain properly, maybe they had previous experience. SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-4170133726156421492010-11-29T17:37:01.968+00:002010-11-29T17:37:01.968+00:00Agreed! I was always grateful to have had basic fi...Agreed! I was always grateful to have had basic first aid training before I had my kids. Some of my neighbours' kids also had cause to be grateful.Feenoreply@blogger.com