As a member of the Friends of Ysgol Pen y Bryn I organised some first aid training for the Friends so that we always have trained first aiders around whenever we hold events at the school.
There was eight of us there to be trained last night so we should be OK for a while.
A local company called Medic 1 kindly donated their time to help us with the training. Mainly because I`m good friends with Stephen Knight, the head of human resources at Medic 1. His wife Laurel Knight, the Chief of operations at Medic 1 and the brains behind the company (sorry Steve, it’s true
) also came along to the evening to share her considerable knowledge.
It was a very informative evening and to be honest, a little scary too. Practicing CPR on a baby sized resuscitation dummy really gets you thinking about life. It must be terrifying having to do it to a real baby! With any luck I`ll never have to do it for real.
The four hour lesson absolutely flew by , a real testiment to the teaching skills of Steve and Laurel. I can recommend them to anyone who needs medical training. They also do medical cover for events and sporting fixtures. Their list of clients and event coverage is very impressive. They have secured The 2010 Ryder Cup golfing event this year so they do know what they are doing.
Please visit their website for further details. MEDIC 1
I took a couple of photos while I was there (with Steves permission). I was so into the lesson I only took about ten shots all night which is not like me at all
A few of Stephen Knight do his thing and Robbie, the Chairman of the Friends commitee practicing on “George”. Please excuse the messy background, it`s not a studio
