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The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (East Region)

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The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (East Region), 2nd November 2002

Homerton College, Cambridge University

Paul and Margaret of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, East Region, hosted another class of young Teachers as they enthusiastically participate in Emergency Life Support training provided by Ted Branch, Frank White and Paul Knighton of Heartstart Thurrock, Essex.

Training included all the standard elements of the Heartstart Essential Life Support (ELS) Course:

as well as discussing concerns from Students about conditions that they as Leaders could encounter when taking a group on camp in the Countryside, e.g. Medication, Extremes of Temperature, Asthma, Hyperventilation, Epileptic Seizures, Anaphylactic Shock, and Diabetes.

Below are links to pages for courses in previous years, followed by photographs of some of today's session.

After learning about :
"Buying Time" and the Chain of Survival,
the Recovery Position and Getting Help,
Students practice their new Resuscitation skills on manikins

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Students practice their new ELS Skills in some simulated incidents

Team 1

Casualty with open lower leg fracture (bone sticking out and bleeding severely)

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Casualty suffering from hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar)

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Rescuers dress and bandage bleeding open lower leg fracture

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Rescuer provides some 'Tender Loving Care'

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Team 2

Rescuers try to discover what's wrong ?

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Casualty suffering from hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar)
- unfortunately his belligerent behaviour is not considered 'out of the ordinary'.

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Casualty with open fracture eventually collapses unconscious
- reinforcing need to treat Shock quickly.

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All will be relieved to note there are no photographs of the amputated arm incident.

And after all that, they are still smiling!

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Heartstart Thurrock is a scheme affiliated to Heartstart UK, a national programme co-ordinated by the British Heart Foundation to promote Emergency Life Support training throughout the United Kingdom.
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