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Fire Fighter Training / Re: first-aid training
« on: January 04, 2009, 11:31:59 PM »No Robert, I do understand - you used the MFB as example, proper help for them is minutes away not an hour plus.
1) as CFS does not cover the requirements of CERT, how would you have coped?
2)How long would you have worked on the guy? remember you don't have the machines.
3)What about his very angry mates?
Chook the MFB was an example of Firefighters with basic life support training can make a difference.(oxygen advance resus & AED) believe it or not some CFS stations can have a truck on scene within 7 seven minutes, even if its a quick attack (only need two ppl).
If you look at malleefire post, he has got it spot on, "keep it simple" basic training to keep the patient alive until the SAAS resource arrives (oxygen advance resus & AED) its about getting some basic life saving medical care to a patient as early as possible.
and your "real incident" sounds like your patient was in trauma cardiac arrest and only about 3% of theses patient actually survive no matter what treatment you give or level of training. theses patient need to be in a operating theater.
again I question why CERT training for CFS vols??? how would this have helped in your incident? compared to Advance resus and AED training?