Bryan Ward - First Aid

First Aid skills are vital if you want to help people and remain safe yourself as you do so.

• You should be able to recognise life-threatening situations,be able to offer vital assistance before more experienced help arrives if you can’t then you won’t be much use to somebody if they are having an emergency.

Doing a basic first aid course is a lot of fun and you will be amazed at what you actually remember and retain make sure that your course covers the minimums such as :

• Scene assessment
• Safety
• CPR
• Chest pain (e.g. heart attack)
• Dislocations
• How to use an AED (automated external defibrillator)
• Broken bones
• Burns
• Soft tissue injury
• Asthma
• Stroke
• Seizures
• Bleeding

The fact that you know first aid may save a life so what are you waiting for !

Bryan Ward is a Pan Auckland Community Constable across the Auckland area and has been a police officer for over 18 years.

Bryan has been a national trainer for the neighbourhood policing teams and community constables in the Police and developed and features in a children's safety television programme called Bryan and Bobby you can visit them on their website: www.bryanandbobby.co.nz