The Community that is Bodhi Farm at The Channon, outside Lismore NSW, have become a “heart safe community” by buying an AED for their community farm at The Channon. Bodhi Farm started in the 1970’s as a Buddhist community of like minded souls who came together to create a simpler life and a desire to live collectively and in tune with the natural environment. It seems those ideals still bind this wonderful community on the North Coast of NSW.
Here at International Paramedic College Australia. We believe that learning how to use a defibrillator is just as important as buying an AED, as it takes the fear out of using it and the training and understanding of how an AED works helps reduce the all important “time to first shock” which we believe is one of the “7 reasons every workplace should buy an AED” For every minute that defibrillation is delayed their is a 10% reduction in survival. Knowing this, the Bodhi Farm community asked us to come out and share lunch and our knowledge about “What to do until the Ambulance arrives” as they are in a somewhat remote location and have had their share of emergencies.
The conch shell was blown from the communal centre, signalling all to come to the communal centre for a wonderful lunch. We then got together and discussed the type of emergencies they faced and worked out what sort of First Aid treatment might be relevant to their community and What to do until the Ambulance arrives, a free community based education session we have developed to give something back to our local communities.
We went through Snake bite first aid, and how to live together with snakes, the use of the CAT Tourniquet in arterial bleeding, management of an unconscious patient and of course understanding CPR and What is an AED and how to use an Lifepak CR2 AED we recommended to them. What a great community.
“Their are generally 3 important principals to remote first aid or wilderness first aid or situations where help might be delayed in reaching you
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“The city of Seattle in the USA has an effective public education and AED program. If we could do the same here and emulate their success we could save around 34 Australians a day or 12000 a year.”
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Gold Value Package Includes free training and:
Everything you need in a first aid package, and nothing you don’t. We have put together a collection of items that, we believe, should be in every first aid kit. The package of items can be purchased on the day of a course with International Paramedic College discounted or online here. Items can be purchased individually.
Package includes a training tourniquet and emergency bandage to practice your skills with this specialist equipment to control arterial bleeding
Products may vary depending on availability
If you need a bag this Green Softpack First Aid Bag – Large fits this kit perfectly.
Do the maths, 5 to 6 litres of blood in the body. The heart beats 70 times a minute and ejects about 70 mls of blood.
That equals 4.9 litres of blood circulated by the heart each minute. So, your heart can eject your entire blood volume in minutes from arterial bleeding.
Yes, I understand the variables, but the principle remains the same.
The CAT Generation 7 Tourniquet is the official tourniquet of the U.S. Army. Learn to apply on yourself like the military do because given the maths you are unlikely to last until help arrives without an emergency tourniquet.
Includes free access to our 100% Online stop the bleed training program, Click here for details
Because of all the shark attacks along our local beaches here, we have developed our shark attack pack designed to manage and treat the torrential life-threatening haemorrhage and massive wounds.
Treatment of shark bites in Australia requires immediate bleeding control of bleeding to increase your chance of survival. Here is a kit to do the job and the training you need to use it.
Do the Maths – You need to help yourself, not wait for help
Do the maths, 5 to 6 litres of blood in the body. The heart beats 70 times a minute and ejects about 70 ml of blood. That equals 4.9 litres of blood circulated by the heart each minute.
So, your heart can eject your entire blood volume in minutes from arterial bleeding. Yes, I understand the variables, but the principle remains the same.
Arm yourself with the knowledge about how to use this equipment in a severe bleeding emergency. The CAT Generation 7 Tourniquet is the official tourniquet of the U.S. Army. Learn to apply on yourself like the military do because given the maths you are unlikely to last until help arrives without an emergency tourniquet and the equipment in this package to control arterial bleeding.