First Aid course

[Trooper]

I'd like to take a first aid course with St. John Ambulance this month.

Is that all I need to receive the standard/emergency first aid badge for my uniform?

Also, does anyone know if these courses are free?

 

[rwgill]

If you pass the St. John's Ambulance Emergency course you can wear the badge.  If you pass the St. John's Ambulance Standard course you can wear the badge. (assuming that you are a cadet)

Show your CO your certificate.  Badges are usually distributed by St. John's Ambulance, but I believe that you can also get them through you cadet supply.

You may have to pay for the course, depending on who is giving it and where.  My cadet unit does the course for free as we have several available St. John's Ambulance Instructors.

 

[The_Falcon]

If you pass the St. John Ambulance Emergency course you can wear the badge.  If you pass the St. John Ambulance Standard course you can wear the badge. (assuming that you are a cadet)

Show your CO your certificate.  Badges are usually distributed by St. John Ambulance, but I believe that you can also get them through you cadet supply.

You may have to pay for the course, depending on who is giving it and where.  My cadet unit does the course for free as we have several available St. John Ambulance Instructors.

Sorry pet peeve, it is ST. JOHN, it is not possessive or plural.

 

[medicineman]

Sorry pet peeve, it is ST. JOHN, it is not possessive or plural.

Glad you brought that up - it's a pet peeve of mine too.

MM

 

[Klc]

You also recieve the training free of charge during summer courses. (at least, I did every year in Vernon)

 

[HuntKenny]

yeah first aid courses are great. i got my emergency this year. why do they make it that you have to get standard at 14? why not younger?

 

[211RadOp]

yeah first aid courses are great. i got my emergency this year. why do they make it that you have to get standard at 14? why not younger?

Alot of it has to do with size. Most people under the age of 14 can't give CPR compressions properly at a young age. This can cause either improper technique that will do no good or injury to the casualty.

Just a FAI perspective.

 

[ryanmann356]

why do they make it that you have to get standard at 14? why not younger?

do you really want a 12 year old kid giving you first aid?
didnt think so

 

[Burrows]

do you really want a 12 year old kid giving you first aid?
didnt think so

Given a 12 year old with a Standard First Aid and a 14 year old without it, I'll take the 12 year old.

 

[The_Falcon]

do you really want a 12 year old kid giving you first aid?
didnt think so

I was 12 when I completed my first, first aid course.  It came in handy several times.  The St. John Ambulance Brigade teaches children as young as 8 basic first-aid skills.

 

[ryanmann356]

I'd be afraid of the kid dropping a lolly-pop or getting sand in my wound lol j/k
But i'm glad I took the first aid course is cadets, it got me interested in continuing on with it with standard, and eventually first responder, its really interesting.

 

[211RadOp]

do you really want a 12 year old kid giving you first aid?
didnt think so

I have taught 8 year old kids First Aid, but never have I taught them CPR.