{"id":594,"date":"2009-09-18T14:25:31","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T22:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/?p=594"},"modified":"2009-10-03T01:54:01","modified_gmt":"2009-10-03T09:54:01","slug":"more-first-aid-and-travel-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/more-first-aid-and-travel-down\/","title":{"rendered":"More First Aid and Heading South"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today’s training was long but great fun 8:30 to 7:15pm meant everyone was wiped out by the end but had learnt a lot. A veritable cocktail of First Aid topics. The plaster casts were great fun as each person had to put a back cast on either a leg or arm. A back cast is a temporary cast which allows the limb to still swell but immobilises it. <\/p>\n

The Splinting was another outdoor session where we got to play with the many different splints and stretchers that BAS has and also a little innovation using some skis and ice axes. <\/p>\n

The injections we didn’t do on each other as it might have been too painful so instead some oranges were injected with saline solution. Our last station was where we had a puff of entonox<\/a> which actually I didn’t seem to feel any effect from – it is used on base as an anaesthesia. <\/p>\n

I have also been given some travel information. I will be flying commercial plane (LanChile) from the UK to Santiago to Punta Arenas Chile<\/a> where I will spend a night. Then from Punta Arenas onto the Falklands where I will spend a night in Stanley<\/a> and wait for a weather window to head to Rothera on the BAS Dash 7<\/a>. Apparently all your kit is under a cargo net and then they have seats in the back it will take around 4-5 hours. I leave the UK on the 12th November but that is subject to change I have been told to be ready to go a few weeks earlier or indeed later. <\/p>\n

—–
\nLectures of 20 minutes each today were on
\nBreathing Difficulties
\nShock and Bleeding
\nConsciousness and lack of it
\nSpinal Injuries
\nInjuries to Limbs
\nThermal Problems<\/p>\n

Again we had skills sessions ranging from 25 minutes to 50 minutes each on
\nBasic Life Support
\nAirway Maintenance
\nMinor Injuries, wounds, bandages and pressure dressings
\nAED Defibrillator
\nPlaster casts
\nSplinting, casualty handling, cervical collars, stretchers
\nEntonox and Analgesia
\nGiving Intramuscular Injections
\nMajor Incident Response
\nStabilisation and Transport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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