First Aid Talk and First Aid Course

[Mark]

Well folks,

Mickle will be giving a talk on the evening of Tuesday 19th February. Room and time TBC.
From the horses mouth:

"It is a short overview of factors that need to be considered with first aid in mind for kayaking, and an overview of the emergency situations that can occur. I will go over the new standards for CPR (2006which might be new for those with older qualifications"

This is well worth going to, especially if you are out paddling a lot. In particular a lot of you will have  done some kind of first aid course before 2006, so the CPR you may have been thought will be out of date. (Note: This is not a piss up.)


Mickle has also asked me to guage interest in a 3 day (over the weekend) first aid course.
Mickle's description of the course:

"It's in conjunction with this crowd; http://www.sportscareacademy.com/ It is for people who haven't done first aid before and is equivalent to a REC 2. It costs 150 euro per person , minimum of 12, max 16. The reason I am pushing this is I think it's a good standard, and will be well recognised in Ireland in the near future."

Note that the cost will be subsidised by the club by up to 50% (75 Euros).

[Pia!]

I'd be interested in that- sign me up!

[FINN]

me too

[Sara]

Sounds great, might also be good to note that this would be a serious and really informative talk with lots to remember so maybe keeping the cans and buckie till after the talk would be a good idea?

Sara

[kjt]

Sounds great, I'd be interested!!


P.s. Good call Sara!

[Nuala]

That sounds great - I'd definitely be interested in a course like that.

[kill]

I agree Sara. When we did our one, I had just cycled from the bar on eng-day.

[Sara]

Well good thing you were able to keep composed and quiet Kill

Sara

[kmck]

What time is this talk going to be on? Does anyone want to get some pizza before hand in elements they now do apache menu.