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06/05/2026

03/05/2026

I’ll never forget a knock on my front door.

A little girl stood there crying, begging me not to let her brother die.

Inside their kitchen was fear, shock, and complete uncertainty.
An 8‑year‑old boy sat on the table with a severe cut to his leg.

The ambulance was still 30 minutes away.

Because of first-aid training and regular refresher courses, I was able to stay calm, stop the bleeding, and take control.

Not because it wasn’t serious.

But because someone knew what to do next.

He recovered fully.

That moment, and that room before things changed, will stay with me forever.

That’s why first aid matters.

Because when it does happen, you don’t want uncertainty — you want action.

02/05/2026

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01/05/2026

A CVA Incident: The Day My Father Had a Stroke
I was teaching about Cerebral Vascular Accidents (strokes) when a learner asked a simple question:

“Have you ever seen someone having a stroke?”

An image hit me instantly.

Six years ago, I took my father out for the day. The beach. Quiet lanes. A bit of gentle off‑roading. Sandwiches and coffee on the common. One of those rare, perfect days you don’t realise you’ll replay for the rest of your life.
When we got back to his house, I asked if he wanted a cup of tea.
His reply didn’t make sense.
I asked again. He nodded. His mouth moved. But no words came out, just a garbled sound. I couldn’t understand a single syllable.
Something dropped in my stomach.
I sat him down and asked him to smile.
The usual cheesy grin didn’t appear.
I asked him to lift his arms above his head.
One arm lifted.
The other barely left his lap.
He looked at me, confused.
Why weren’t his arms doing what he wanted?
Years of training kicked in before fear had time to. I told him to stay still. I told him I was calling an ambulance. I explained why.
He stayed completely calm.
Much later, he told me why: “I didn’t panic. I trusted you. I knew you knew what to do.”
The ambulance arrived quickly, but that wait, however short, has replayed in my mind many times since. I’ve often wondered how different it would have felt without training. The panic. The doubt. The fear. For both of us.
The crew were outstanding. Calm. Focused. They recognised the signs immediately and provided exactly the care my father needed. That calm competence was everything.
At the hospital, he was treated for a suspected CVA. Later, we were told it had been a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA), often called a “mini‑stroke.” After observation, he was discharged. He went on to have further TIAs, but no full stroke.
The doctor said something that has stayed with me ever since:
Early recognition and fast action made the treatment more effective.
That day reinforced something I now say to every learner:

You don’t rise to the occasion in an emergency.
You fall back on your training.

First aid training doesn’t just save lives.
It replaces panic with purpose.
Fear with action.
Helplessness with calm control.
That day, training gave my father his best chance.
And it gave both of us something even more powerful—time.
If learning to recognise a stroke can do that for one family, it’s worth every second.

14/04/2026

Not the video review I was expecting. But thanks guys you have worked well

06/04/2026

I’ll never forget a knock on my front door a number of years back.

A little girl from two doors down was standing there, crying, completely shaken. Through her tears, she said her brother had hurt himself.
“Don’t let him die,” she sobbed.

When I got to the house, the kitchen felt frozen in panic.
Her mum was in shock, not knowing what to do next.
The little lad, we’ll call him Bobby, was sitting on the dining table. Pale. Frightened. In pain. He had put his leg through the glass in the kitchen door and badly cut the back of it.

It wasn’t just the injury.

It was the feeling in the room.

No one knew what to do. Time felt slow

The ambulance would take around 30 minutes. In that moment, that’s a very long time to feel helpless.

But something shifts when you’ve been trained for situations like this.

Because of my first-aid training and my regular practice of those skills, I was able to stay calm and take control. The bleeding was brought under control, and the panic in the room began to settle.
Not because the situation wasn’t serious. But because someone knew what to do next.

By the time the ambulance arrived, the immediate danger had been managed, and Bobby was taken to hospital. He recovered well, with no lasting physical damage, except for a great scar on his leg.

But what stayed with me wasn’t just the outcome. It was seeing the distress in that room before things were under control. That moment of not knowing. Of second-guessing. Of hoping you’re doing the right thing.

That’s why first aid matters.

By the way, this is not an AI piece; it happened. If you want to know, put a comment below. Put a comment if something similar happened to you

25/03/2026

Let me ask you something.
If someone collapsed in front of you right now, would you actually know what to do?
Not in theory.
Not from something you watched years ago.
In the real moment. In real life.

This person has stopped breathing.
You have 3 minutes to act.

What would you do first?
• Call for an ambulance?
• Ask someone nearby to help?
• Start CPR?
• All of the above?

Every year in the UK, there are more than 40,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests where resuscitation is attempted. Fewer than 1 in 10 survive. Most happen at home, often in men aged over 65.

Ambulances take an average of 7 minutes to arrive.

But CPR needs to start immediately.

Bystander CPR is performed in over 70 per cent of cases, yet defibrillators are used in fewer than 10 per cent of cases. Survival depends on what happens before help arrives.

👉 Have you ever been in a situation where someone suddenly became very unwell or collapsed, and you were not sure what to do?

If you are happy to share, tell your story in the comments. Your experience might help someone else realise why being prepared matters.

18/03/2026

📓 Course: LEVEL3 EMERGENCY FIRST AID and Level 2 DOOR SUPERVISOR/SECURITY OFFICER REFRESHER Course

📅 Dates:
Emergency First Aid - 23 March. If you require First Aid, press SELECT MORE and add an Emergency First Aid course to the basket

Door Supervisor - 24, 25 March https://bookwhen.com/sierra27training/e/ev-son5y-20260324090000

Security Officer - 23, 25 March https://bookwhen.com/sierra27training/e/ev-s03i9-20260325090000

Discounts for HM Forces and Veterans are available. Please ask

8️⃣ Only 8 spaces! We deliver small courses that help learners gain the knowledge and strong exam scores.
We offer free resit exams, which rarely occur.

Book now: https://bookwhen.com/sierra27training

SIERRA27 TRAINING (Est 2014) is registered with Highfield and Qualsafe Awarding Organisations.
All our tutors have years of worldwide operational and instructing experience with the military, police, ambulance, prison service, and security careers

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10/03/2026

🌟 First Aid Training in Bridgend and Surrounding Areas 🌟

Delivered by SIERRA27 TRAINING

Looking for high-quality first aid training that prepares you for real emergencies? Our Qualsafe First Aid at Work (FAW) and Paediatric First Aid (PFA) courses are fully HSE compliant and go far beyond the basics.

Here is what makes our courses stand out:
✔️ Adapted training for serious incidents involving children, including choking and cardiac arrest
✔️ Managing multiple casualties in high-pressure situations
✔️ Catastrophic bleeding control using haemostatic packing and tourniquets
✔️ Recognising and treating shock
✔️ Responding to medical emergencies like strokes, seizures, sepsis, anaphylaxis, heart attacks and poisoning
✔️ Handling electrical incidents
✔️ Environmental emergencies, including hypothermia and hyperthermia
✔️ Head, chest and spinal trauma management

All sessions are delivered by a clinician with over 10 years of frontline NHS Ambulance experience, ensuring realistic, practical and confidence-boosting learning.

Based in Bridgend, we support workplaces and groups across the surrounding areas.

If you are a business owner, manager, or responsible for staff safety, we can help strengthen your first-aid provision.
📌 Group and workplace bookings available
📌 Suitable for organisations supporting adults and children

📩 Use this link to book a course https://bookwhen.com/sierra27training
Or send us a message to book or enquire about upcoming course dates.

05/03/2026

🫵🏼*"Do you know anyone who wants to attend a FREC3 course and open doors to new opportunities?"*

📓 *Course: FIRST RESPONSE EMERGENCY CARE LEVEL3.*

📅 *Dates:* 16-20 MARCH

📍 *Venue:* Apollo Business Village, Aberkenfig, Bridgend CF32 9RF

💷 *Cost:* £499 _Discounts for HM Forces and Veterans available, please ask_

8️⃣ Only 6 spaces! We deliver small courses that help learners gain the knowledge and strong exam scores.
_We offer free resit exams, which rarely occur._

*Book now:* https://bookwhen.com/sierra27training/e/ev-s4748-20260316090000

*SIERRA27 TRAINING* _(Est 2014)_ is registered with Highfield and Qualsafe Awarding Organisations.
All our tutors have years of worldwide operational and instructing experience with the military, police, ambulance, prison service, and security careers

_*Please share this information with colleagues and friends*_ https://bookwhen.com/sierra27training

25/02/2026

🫵🏼"Do you or do you know anyone who wants to attend a Door Supervisor course and open doors to new opportunities?"

SIERRA27 TRAINING has a DOOR SUPERVISOR COURSE with EMERGENCY FIRST AID – limited spaces available!

📓 Course: Door Supervisor course Level 2.

📅 Dates: Door Supervisor (6 days) - March 03,04,05,09,10,11. Emergency First Course - please book separately prior to the SIA

📍 Venue: Apollo Business Village, Aberkenfig, Bridgend CF32 9RF

💷 Cost: £299 without First Aid. £360 with First Aid (discount SIAEFA). Discounts for HM Forces and Veterans are available. Please ask

8️⃣ Only 8 spaces! We deliver small courses that help learners gain the knowledge and strong exam scores. We offer free re-sit exams, which rarely happen!

Book now: https://bookwhen.com/sierra27training/e/ev-sjkdj-20260303090000

SIERRA27 TRAINING (Est 2014) is registered with Highfield and Qualsafe Awarding Organisations.
All our tutors have years of operational and instructional experience with the military, police, ambulance services, prison services, and security careers worldwide.

Please share this information with colleagues and friends https://bookwhen.com/sierra27training