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What do you do when a bone is sticking out and help is an hour away?
A bone through the skin and help an hour away. What to do for an open fracture, step by step, plus the family legend that started it
Gail
1 day ago4 min read
World Heart Day: We Stopped for Coffee. Then Someone Collapsed.
My husband Brian and I, along with two dear friends, were travelling from Christchurch to Hokitika. We stopped at our usual halfway point for a coffee and a break. The café was busy. My friend Victoria joined the queue while I went to the bathroom. My husband was outside chatting. Then suddenly, Victoria rushed into the bathroom. “We need you. Someone has collapsed in the café.” I quickly went into the café area. An elderly man was lying on the floor, with his wife beside him
City First Aid
Sep 296 min read
What Goes Into a First Aid Course? A Behind-the-Scenes Look at City First Aid
You see us arrive wrestling 18 manikins, suitcases of AEDs and first aid kits, and enough paperwork to sink a battleship!. What you don't see is everything that happens before and after. For every hour you spend learning with us, there are many more hours of work behind the scenes, covering the resources in your hands, the manikins on the floor, the standards behind your certificate, the ongoing training of the people teaching you, and the care that goes into making the room
City First Aid
Sep 283 min read
First Aid Basics Christchurch | Customised First Aid Training
Not everyone needs a first aid certificate. Sometimes, you just need to know what to do. That is where our First Aid Basics course fits. For people attending one of our public courses in either Christchurch, Rangiora, Hanmer or Kaikōura, First Aid Basics covers the same core first aid information as our Foundation First Aid course. But without the assessments required for a national qualification. You still learn all the practical stuff. CPR. Choking. Bleeding. Medical emerge
City First Aid
Sep 213 min read
NZQA Levels and Credits: What Do Those Numbers Actually Mean?
Following on from last week’s blog about the changes coming to first aid standards, this week I’m getting a little more under the hood. The course names are staying the same, the minimum training hours are staying the same, but some of the NZQA numbers are changing. And, as with most things involving qualifications frameworks, the numbers sound more mysterious than they really are. So here’s what NZQA levels and credits actually mean, and what the changes do, and do not, tell
City First Aid
Sep 144 min read
When you run because you hear your kid scream.
Truth is, I’m one of those annoying people who stops to check on people in the street. I asked the woman curled up in child’s pose on the beach if she was okay. I stopped to check on the man sleeping in a doorway. I saw a man leaning against a tree as I drove past and thought something looked a bit off. I pulled over suddenly just as he collapsed to the ground. I notice stuff that's a bit odd. I’m not afraid to step in, and I know I can help or get help if needed. And it anno
City First Aid
Sep 123 min read
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