28/05/2024
Today was Provide First Aid Day.
As a requirement for work I have to maintain my full first aid training every 3 years. Having been massaging for 21 years this is the 8th time I have done the full course and each time there is a lot of skill reinforcement and some changes.
I highly recommend everyone undertakes a first aid course, whether it be to potentially help a friend, family member or colleague, it is invaluable.
Today it was pointed out we as the well established country of Australia only have a 5% survival rate of cardiac arrest outside a medical setting whereas Germany on the other hand has a 30% survival rate. This rate is most likely due to the fact that First Aid training is requirement to obtain a driver's licence. Imagine the positive effect it would have on Australia's survival rate if we brought this requirement in.
If you are on the Sunshine Coast Allen's First Aid Training is top notch