Today our Year 7 Health students were familarized with “Shocktober” and the Call Push Shock kits that were created in partnership with the Heart Foundation and Ambulance Victoria. Bree, Andrea and Rob introduced themselves and their roles with Ambulance Victoria as members of a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), Ambulance Community Officers (ACO) and a trainee paramedic. After a quick quiz review of the dangers of vaping and revision of DRSABCD, the students were introduced to the Chain of Survival so that could develop the skills and knowledge to help in a medical emergency. Amongst numerous challenges, they had to demonstrate checking for danger, checking for response, and checking for breathing. These skills were designed to build confidence and capability to recognise a cardiac arrest and take the lifesaving action of calling Triple Zero (000), starting Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) immediately and shocking with an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Students learnt that if a patient is breathing, the Triple Zero call taker may ask them to roll the patient onto their side recovery position. The take home message was that anyone can save a life in 3 simple steps: Call, Push, Shock • Call Triple Zero (000). • Push hard, push fast, on the chest between the nipples. • Shock using an AED. Comments are closed.
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