safety mode
Worthing
Having spent many years working with children and seeing the scrapes and dangers
they can get themselves into, it was always important to me to have First Aid
training in the workplace – should the inevitable occur. A blocked airway can
kill someone in three to four minutes, but it can take more than eight minutes
for an ambulance to arrive. So a simple procedure such as opening someone’s
airway can save their life whilst waiting for emergency help to arrive.
Thousands of people are dying each year in situations where first aid could have
made the difference; this includes nearly 900 people who choke to death, 2’500
who asphyxiate from a blocked airway and 29’000 who die from heart attacks.
