Mendez Marine - RYA First Aid course

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As well as all the other stuff that's going on with moving my boat to SoF I'm trying to do my Yachtmaster as well - and as a precursor to this I needed to do the Sea Survival course, and the First Aid course. Swmbo and I did the Sea Survival a few weeks ago, also with Mendez Marine, and today it was the First Aid.

On both occasions Steve Tyler was the lead instructor - top bloke. The Sea Survival course was an excellent, if sobering experience (although I am trying to remember the context in which Jon advised me that my fisting technique was lacking...:eek:). The First Aid course is necessarily a relatively rapid tour through a _lot_ of ailments - but far and away the most valuable bit is how to do CPR. I've never done any first aid training before, and so I found this bit excellent. A useful day, well spent.

No connection etc, just a satisfied customer.

Cheers
Jimmy
 
jimmy_the_builder said:
- but far and away the most valuable bit is how to do CPR.
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Any particular reason you say that?
Not wishing to be controversial but I wonder if too much emphasis is placed on CPR.
What are the real accidents on boats? I've not seen the stats and I would be interested to know.
Has anyone actually been saved through CPR on a leisure boat?
I expect the most valuable bit is how to deal with injuries.
 
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Mrs Oldgit is doing the First Aid course at end of month.

Mr and Mrs Oldgit are doing the ICC and the exam is on April 1st. :)
 
jimmy_the_builder said:
As well as all the other stuff that's going on with moving my boat to SoF I'm trying to do my Yachtmaster as well - and as a precursor to this I needed to do the Sea Survival course, and the First Aid course. Swmbo and I did the Sea Survival a few weeks ago, also with Mendez Marine, and today it was the First Aid.

On both occasions Steve Tyler was the lead instructor - top bloke. The Sea Survival course was an excellent, if sobering experience (although I am trying to remember the context in which Jon advised me that my fisting technique was lacking...:eek:). The First Aid course is necessarily a relatively rapid tour through a _lot_ of ailments - but far and away the most valuable bit is how to do CPR. I've never done any first aid training before, and so I found this bit excellent. A useful day, well spent.

No connection etc, just a satisfied customer.

Cheers
Jimmy
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Crammed a first aid course with sea survival a couple of years ago - with Mendez Marine.

And yes - both were interesting and fun courses.
 
Talulah said:
Any particular reason you say that?
Not wishing to be controversial but I wonder if too much emphasis is placed on CPR.
What are the real accidents on boats? I've not seen the stats and I would be interested to know.
Has anyone actually been saved through CPR on a leisure boat?
I expect the most valuable bit is how to deal with injuries.
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I spose I made my comment from the perspective of someone who's never had any first aid training ... and so my comment was about a more general value of the training, rather than boat-specific.

Cheers
Jimmy
 
just done my first aid course too because not least I want to do advanced powerboat course and its a pre requisite and have to say I learnt a great deal and was very surprised to learn so much stuff -I had not realised about wet and dry drowning and the perils of touching a winchman during a helicopter rescue.
It was a bit sobering that what you see on tele is not in some cases what happens in real life when it comes to defib and cpr etc. A must do course i say!!
 
Like most companies we have a nominated trained 'First Aider' at work. Everyone in the office dreads the thought of her coming to their aid. No treatment at all would be preferable. She means well.
 
Talulah said:
Any particular reason you say that?
Not wishing to be controversial but I wonder if too much emphasis is placed on CPR.
What are the real accidents on boats? I've not seen the stats and I would be interested to know.
Has anyone actually been saved through CPR on a leisure boat?
I expect the most valuable bit is how to deal with injuries.
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It's interesting you should say that. We did a first aid course last autumn and I also thought it extremely useful. That night we had dinner with a doctor and to my surprise he was a little sceptical about the value of CPR, in his opinion it very rarely, if ever, made any difference to the final outcome. Not at all what I expected him to say.
 
longjohnsilver said:
It's interesting you should say that. We did a first aid course last autumn and I also thought it extremely useful. That night we had dinner with a doctor and to my surprise he was a little sceptical about the value of CPR, in his opinion it very rarely, if ever, made any difference to the final outcome. Not at all what I expected him to say.
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Interesting comment, I believe there is a misconception (which tbh I had too), that CPR brings people back to life, but according the the trainers its a holding job till proffessionals arrive.It keeps some blood therefore oxygen circulating through key organs. I reckon IMHO I would rather some one give me CPR than them think it aint statistically worth it.
 
A friend of mine had to do CPR on a chap who broke his neck falling off a horse a little while ago. It got him to hospital, where he died. My chum said there was an excruciating meeting with the widow afterwards, which one can readily imagine.
 
benjenbav said:
A friend of mine had to do CPR on a chap who broke his neck falling off a horse a little while ago. It got him to hospital, where he died. My chum said there was an excruciating meeting with the widow afterwards, which one can readily imagine.
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I can imagine that must be horrendous,I can also imagine some people may avoid the situation at all costs because of possible implications for themseleves,but it must be better for any family to know someone has tried and failed ( well its not failing the victim has failed) than not tried at all.
 
My father collapsed at a bus stop in 2008 as his ticker went into ventricular fibrillation. He collapsed opposite his GP's house and she saw him go down at the bus stop. CPR started by her within seconds. Paramedics defibrillated him, A and E surgeons continued at hospital and then taken to "edge of live" in ICU. Total time of incident until in ICU around 55 mins from our debrief with his doctors. Prompt CPR increased his chance of survival by a large margin without a doubt along with being in a urban environment.

Always keep my skills/knowledge up to date, just done automatic defib course by local ambulance service.
 
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