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Hi, I'd be interested in the arrangements that people have in place for refresher training for defib training, as the subject is covered in the 1-day and 3-day first aid courses too. Annually? Also, some staff may only have received the defib training and not first aid training too...
Many thanks Steve
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Hi Steve, I am not convinced that there is a need for defibrillator training- they are designed to be used by anyone, not just First Aiders. The tricky bit is keeping someoen alive after they have been defibrillated, so haveing competent First aiders is really important.
That said, I do get asked about De Fib trainin and there seems to be a general nervousness about using them that causes even experienced FAW competent people to seek some reassurance in the form of training.
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As its part of the 3 days first aid training now should be covered in this when renewed anyway
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Originally Posted by: Blackburn31728 As its part of the 3 days first aid training now should be covered in this when renewed anyway
And the 1 day course. As of Jan 1st this year it has to be included. Which I fully agree with but it cost me a fortune in trg defibs. At circa £300 each it got expensive very quickly
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An annual first aid refresher is recommended by HSE, the content of this is flexible and when I arranged this I got the training provider to include defib using the model we had.
It's not defib training as such you need (there is very little to using the defib itself), but CPR with a defib.
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I agree with Kate. Defib operation is easy. It instructs you exactly what you need to do and when. A good video I use is on youtube. If you search for Nick Knowles CPR, it brings up a 5 min video of a real life case. Very worthwhile watching as it shows how brutal the act of CPR is
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as a side issue to this topic. public defibs are easy to use by design. however how long would it take an inexperienced person to get one put of the case and set it up. most i have seen require the help of the operator on the other end of a phone to give them the access code to the box.
the person would already be nervous so may mishear the code number. so personaĺly i feel training is a good idea.
regards mike
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Public defibs are locked away for security reasons, here in the SW there was a spate of them being stolen. On the box, there is a code, you give that code to the operator and they then give you the code for the simplex lock. You then remove defib and use as required. I don't think that anyone asking for the code would be nervous as they know what they are getting and should be confident in their actions.
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