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Should 1st Aid training be more widespread?
Bedsit Bob
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Should it be taught at school/college?
Should 1st Aid training be mandatory for teachers/lecturers?
Should companies be given incentives, to offer training to more of their staff?
Should it be taught at school/college?
Should 1st Aid training be mandatory for teachers/lecturers?
Should companies be given incentives, to offer training to more of their staff?
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I get paid £74 per year for being a First Aider in work. Bit of a random amount but it's better than a smack in the ole chops.
Rudimentary first aid may well be a useful skill to teach in secondary school, if only at 15 years and older. If schools teach people about how to manage their money then why not? Also catch them before they get too old and cynical.
I don't know about mandatory for all teachers / lecturers but it would probably be desirable.
Companies could be given the incentive to offer training but it would come down to whether their employees took them up on it.
Isn't there a first aid bit to the driving theory test now? I thought there was going to be.
There is, I think it's something like 1 First Aider for every 25 or 30 employees.
I think even just basic knowledge of First Aid is good and one so very obvious target is parents
Thanks...I thought so:)
In which case OP... why would we need to incentivise workplaces to have what they are already required to have
The touble with teaching anything more than the really basic first aid is that the guidelines change so much. We have CPR training every year, and you can bet your life that the number of breaths and compressions recommended have changed from the previous year.
Cos I dunno about the rest of you but I have enough outgoings without another (government) one being added to the list.
The other thread was to find out how many people felt they could handle an energency situation.
Having determined that a number of responders felt they couldn't cope, I wondered how people would feel about there being more 1st Aid trained people in society
I did say "Should companies be given incentives, to offer training to more of their staff?"
Many companies have only enough to comply with the legal requirement.
I thought it would be a good idea, both for the company, and for society in general, if more people were trained.
i would not do it now mind you, to much hassle and you could be sued if something went wrong.
If you're trained by a legitimate outfit (e.g St John Ambulance) then you are insured for such claims.
I remember doing a course two or three years apart and the recovery position had altered.
Yes, of course, one change = "allllll the time", ey
Maybe, but still a risk. i prefer not to take that risk.
They was asking at work a few weeks back for people to be trained for first aid, i did not bother to apply, not worth the hassle.
Only if the person want to be taught it, first aid should not be forced onto anyone.
Maybe, but not forced onto people. If the student/pupil don't want to learn it then they should not be forced into it.
i was taught at school, but it did not do me any good.
Not sure why though- children are 'forced' to do sex education as part of Biology and RE is standard in most schools as well as languages. An hour lesson on First Aid is hardly neither here nor there considering
I would rather students be "forced" into learning first aid than some of the already compulsory subjects learnt at school.