By Cadet Flight Sergeant Tom Hepworth
On Thursday 26th of February 2015, 1224
(Wharfedale) Sqn was visited by volunteers from St. Johns Ambulance service, to
teach the cadets how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), an
important aspect of first aid training.
An AED is a portable device that
checks the heart rhythm and can send an electric shock to the heart to try to
restore a normal rhythm. AEDs are used to treat sudden
cardiac arrest, a condition in which the heart
suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating, which makes it an invaluable skill for
cadets to learn!
The St Johns team brought
along some ‘dummy’ AEDs, which give the same experience that you would receive
from a real one, without the powerful electric shock used
to restart the heart! With these, the cadets all got to have a go at practising
with the equipment and performing in a simulated casualty situation.
Cadet Corporal, Charlie Franks said “It was really useful experience in case we are ever
in that kind of a situation. The instructors understood that it would be
stressful and so taught us how to use the equipment, I was really surprised at
how easy it was!”
First Aid training is just one of the
activities within the Air Cadets, for more information visit
www.ilkley-atc.co.uk
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