Former pupil returns with life-saving message
FORMER Forest School student, Mark Campling, recently came back to school along with several other student paramedics, their mission: to teach Year 7, 8 and 12 students how to give life-saving CPR and how to administer a Defibrillator shock if necessary.
Student paramedics in their first and second year from Oxford Brookes University created and informative presentation, explaining what happens to the body after a heart attack.
They held practical sessions to engage students and teach them about how to perform CPR and give shocks using a Defibrillator machine.
Students practiced assessing a person, making sure airways were clear, putting a person into a recovery position and giving CPR to a person as well as understanding how to administer a shock using a practice Defibrillator machine.
The team explained how these techniques are invaluable skills to use in the event of an emergency, until an Ambulance and Paramedic team arrive to take over.
There are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) in the UK each year.
Over the course of two days the student paramedics also brought in a fast response vehicle and an ambulance to show students the range of equipment they carry.
Forest students were really pleased with the training and thought Mark and his team of student paramedics were great.
The Oxford Brookes students said: “We are pleased to provide this training and hope it has given Forest School students the ability and confidence to know what to do if an emergency arises.”
The day was inspiring, incredibly useful and very informative.
The Forest is hoping to make
CPR and Defibrillator training an annual event and wish to thank all the Oxford Brookes
Student Paramedics for their time and excellent teaching.