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St, John Ambulance sets

the standard in first aid

by Tod Strachan

Terrace now has a St. John
Ambulance Brigade. It may
mean something different to
each individual, but it is some-
thing of importance to everyone.
Whether you’re a housewife,
babysitter, office worker, secre-
tary or mill worker... you need
to: know how to prevent acci-
dents, and what to do if preven-
tion doesn’t work. You need to
know what to do in any kind of
medical emergency. Because
knowing what to do can lessen
the severity of the injury and
perhaps even save a life.

Are you prepared? If the
answer is "No", St. John Ambu-
lance training is for you. If the
answer is "Yes", you should still
assess your preparedness. Have
you received a level of training
where you feel completely com-
fortable in your home or work
environment? Is your training up
to date? St. John Ambulance
training might be for you too.

St. John Ambulance has some-
thing for everyone: basic, sur-
vival and industrial level first
aid, child-oriented first aid for
parents, grandparents, teachers
and anyone else responsible for
the safety of infants or children,
and cardio-pulmonary resuscita-
tion (CPR) for infants, children
and adults.

There are programs that pro-

mote family health care and
healthy aging, caring for the
aging, and a special course
entitled "What Every Babysitter
Should Know". This program
teaches the skills necessary for
babysitting infants, toddlers and
preschoolers, and as in other St.
John programs the emphasis is
on safety and coping with emer-
gency situations.

You may want to do more than
simply prepare yourself, how-
ever. By joining the Brigade you
become an instructor or help in
some other way to make every-
one in your community safety-
conscious and prepared to help
in the event of an emergency. If
everyone is trained, there should
always be someone to help.

In Canada, there are 11,000
uniformed Brigade volunteers,
8,900 nationally-certified in-
structors and 305 permanent
staff members. These dedicated
community workers offer about
two million hours of their time
each year providing first aid
services at community events
and training over 413,000 people
in first aid, 165,000 in CPR and
15,000 in first aid.

Another point to remember
when you're thinking of com-
munity commitment, is the fact
that St. John Ambulance Brig-
ades across Canada rely on
revenues from their reasonably
priced training programs for
about 65 percent of the money
they need to operate those pro-
grams.

The balance of their funding
comes from other sources such
as ihe United Way, private and

corporate donations, and the sale
of first aid kits. The first aid
kits, which range in price
between $20 and $183, include
everything from personal, auto
and marine kits to No. 1 and No.
2 industrial first aid kits. So
when you need a first aid kit,
get in touch with St. John Am-
bulance. It will meet your needs
and their needs too.

The following is a list of sche-
duléd events and training pro-
grams that will be offered over
the next two months. Arrange-
ments are currently being made
for a training facility, watch the
Terrace Review for more infor-
mation. For more information on
the Brigade and training pro-
grams scheduled for Terrace
phone Ron Knoedler at 638-
8136.

Dec. 14-15 — Standard First
Aid, This is a modular course
for those wishing to learn more
than basic first aid skills. It is
also a prerequisite to the Nation-
al First Aid and CPR Instructor
Training Program that will be
offered at a later date. Cost $60,
training time 13 hours.

Dec. 15 will be your first op-
portunity to get involved by
attending a St. John Brigade
meeting at 7:30 p.m. Find out
what it’s all about and learn how
you might help make our com-
munity healthier and safer.

Dec. 16-19 — Save That
Child. A program designed to
enable people to be more skilled
in basic first aid techniques,
safety tips, choking and CPR for
children and infants; valuable
training for anyone responsible
for the care and safety of
children. Cost $20 each or $30
per couple. Training time 4%
hours.

Dec. 21 — Emergency First
Aid. A modular course equival-
ent to WCB survival first aid
which offers the basic first aid
skill needed to sustain life and
manage an accident scene, Cost
$40. Training time 6% hours.

Jan. 4-5 — Standard First
Aid.

Jan. 6 — Save That Child.

Jan. 6 or Jan. 13 (TBA) —
First Aid Instructors Course.
Qualifies you for instruction in
standard, emergency and child
safety first ald programs. Also

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gives you the ticket you need to
teach all CPR courses. Cost
approximately $125. Training
time five days, six hours per
day.

Jan. 9 — A St. John Brigade
meeting will be held at 7:30
p.m.

Jan.
Aid.

Jan. 13 — Child and Infant
CPR, Level ’D’. Cardio-pulmon-

11 — Emergency First

ary resuscitation (CPR) and .

choking manoeuvres for infant

casualties and children between

the ages of one and eight years.

Jan, 13-27 (tentative) —
Workers’ Compensation Board
Industrial First Aid. Cost $395.

Training time, 10 days, eight

hours per day.

Jan. 18 — Babysitter train-
ing and first aid. "What Every
Babysitter Should Know"

teaches the skills necessary to |

babysit infants, toddlers, and
preschoolers. The emphasis is on
safety and coping with.emerg-
ency situations. Open to ages 11
and older. Cost approximately
$15. Training time 6-8 hours.

Jan, 24 — Standard First
Aid.

Jan. 27 — Save That Child.

Jan. 30 —- Save That Child.

Terrace Review —— Wednesday, December 4, 1991 21

Nine people took part in an instructors program offered on a
recent weekend by Terrace St. John Ambulance coordinator
Ron Knoedler. As a result, a variety of St. John Ambulance
First Ald courses wil! be offered in Terrace soon. Above,
trainee and volunteer victim Kim Scott is shown with trainee
Bobbie Harrison.

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