On the 2nd of August 2011,room 9 did a Red Cross People Savers Course.
We had an instructor called Brian, Brian told us about the the D.R.S.A.B.C which stands for Danger, Response, Send for help, Airway, Breathing and Circulation. If a person is unconscious the first thing you should do is the Head tilt Chin lift so when you tilt the head back the airway is open. Brian told us about the Recovery position, you do the Head tilt chin lift, put the arm closest to you out, put the arm that is futher away from you on their chest, roll them over by the hip and the shouder, bend the top leg, put the arm that's on the chest on top of the other arm and then do the head tilt chin lift. You must point their mouth to the ground so if they are sick and puke they won't choke on it.
Brian taught us how to put on a dressing (doctors word for bandages). He demonstrated what you would do if you got glass stuck in your arm and how to put a dressing on it. He also showed us how to make a sling for a broken arm, then he showed us how to bandage someone's head and we also wrapped someone's arm up in dressing.
We also learned what to do if you choke and we played a game about it. We had a 1.5 ltr drink bottle with a cork in it which we used as a gun. We put the bottle on our chest, made our hand into a fist and put it on the bottle. Then we put our other hand over it and squeezed hard. Whoever fired the cork the furtherest wins. The girls won.
We had a great time and we all hoped to do it again.
By Jack and Riana
