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First aid courses
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My lovely work are sending me to re-do it this week so i can actually be a first aider at work but im really not looking forward to it as the injurys we always have to deal with are kids,i dont mind doing the course ect but to any of you that have done it are there ways to get over worrying more about having to help when it comes to kids?
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What i meant was we get loads of kids who have accidents and end up cutting their head open now i dont mind if an adult cuts their head open i can cope with that i just cant help thinking that if i do something wrong its a little kid you know.
first aid is just that, it's not about major treatment, if a child seriously hurts themselves there is nowt you can really do except call an ambulance.
i didnt mean to offend you i simply meant that the things they prepare you for on a course are very rare and you will mostly in a first aid capacity be treating things like bumps and scrapes. you would treat a kid with a cut head pretty much the same as an adult - stem the blood and get them to casualty.how to do it correctly will be covered in the course. when dealing with kids though you have to be good at something you probably are already if you work with kids- calming them down.
Sometimes kids are easier than adults- they are less aware of whats going on and if you majically 'press there' to stop it hurting it often helps! With adults there is no fooling or false comforting.