sockpuppet
Registered user
Hate to be the one to bring this up but is anyone considering a first aid/emergency aid style course for this trip.
This was made more "prominent" last weekend as my parents were out for a walk in the Leicestershire country side when a member of the walking group they were with collapsed. My dad (also a trained first aider) performed CPR while the air ambulance responded. Sadly the walker was declared dead on arrival at hospital.
Now this was only a few miles from a major city. I'm already a trained First Aider and really think that people should have at least the basic training on CPR etc. Not sure what other peoples thoughts are but although were not going to the central congo even the roadside in a developed country is a real shitty place to find out you wished you had the training.
I'm going to look into some decent medical training (anyone got any suggestions), mainly becuase I'm looking at going solo south afterwards and want to be able to look after myself but if anyone wants to join me then I'll try and find some training where we can both make it!
Good/bad idea - comments and suggestions welcome.
This was made more "prominent" last weekend as my parents were out for a walk in the Leicestershire country side when a member of the walking group they were with collapsed. My dad (also a trained first aider) performed CPR while the air ambulance responded. Sadly the walker was declared dead on arrival at hospital.
Now this was only a few miles from a major city. I'm already a trained First Aider and really think that people should have at least the basic training on CPR etc. Not sure what other peoples thoughts are but although were not going to the central congo even the roadside in a developed country is a real shitty place to find out you wished you had the training.
I'm going to look into some decent medical training (anyone got any suggestions), mainly becuase I'm looking at going solo south afterwards and want to be able to look after myself but if anyone wants to join me then I'll try and find some training where we can both make it!
Good/bad idea - comments and suggestions welcome.