Heartstart Basic Emergency Life Support Courses

[Richard Sneader]

Hi Everyone,
Have you seen an accident and stood back and let someone else try to save that
person’s life? Did you think: “I wish I knew what to do”?
Intervention Marshals UK (IVMUK) run the British Heart Foundation’s Heartstart
initiative to train anybody in emergency life support skills so you will be able to
help in an emergency until the ambulance arrives.
The course will deliver the following modules in basic emergency life support skills:
-Primary Survey
-CPR for adults
-Recovery Position
-Choking
-Bleeding
-Recognising Heart Attacks.
-Basic Fracture management
-Burns
This is run by motorsport marshals and rescue crew for any one in motorsports.
We have run several courses for motorsport and mainly had marshals but it would be nice to have drivers, mechanics, press etc on it as well.
The course is free, all we ask for is a donation to the scheme as this is how its funded and everyone who attends will receive a certifacate and a sew on patch for overalls etc.
The next course is Saturday 1st December( 09:30-12:30) in Grays Essex( 5 mins from M25 A13 exit)
If you are interested then please go onto our website www.heartstart-grays.co.uk and use our on line booking facility or if you have a venue or group etc we can come out to you so again please contact the scheme and we will sort this out with you.
Regards,
Heartstart-Grays

[Al Weyman]

Me and my partner are interested and have registered, sounds a good inititive I have been at a circuit twice when a guy has had a heart attack and also came across someone once and was unable to save him.

[Richard Sneader]

Thanks Al.
Looking forward to welcoming you both on the course.
Regards,
Richard

[Richard Sneader]

Hi Folks,
Depending on numbers we might run an afternoon course on the 1st December as well. If we do we will advertise times etc on here.
2013 dates are also now published and on our website booking facility
Ta.

[Tim Falce]

Originally Posted by Al Weyman

Me and my partner are interested and have registered, sounds a good inititive I have been at a circuit twice when a guy has had a heart attack and also came across someone once and was unable to save him.

As an ordinary bloke in the street you/me generally can't save anyone whose heart has stopped, you just keep life support going until someone with the right equipment, drugs and knowledge arrives to take over from you.
Richard, where in Grays is it being run?

[Richard Sneader]

Hi Tim,
You are in theory correct. Its all about doing something is better than nothing with the chance something might bring a good result as part of the chain of survival and giving people the basic skills and confidence. We have had one student already who has done CPR on someone at her local supermarket untill 999 arrived and the person as far as she knows survived. BHF have been informed.
We run in the Bradleigh Avenue in Grays. There is ample parking.
If you book onto a course we look forward to welcoming you to it.
Rgds,
Richard

[j888cag]

i did the course and within a few weeks i used this on a lady
so you never know when you need these important skills

[Al Weyman]

I think in an age where we all carry mobile phones so can immediatly call for professional help instead of looking around for a working public phone, to be able to do something until that help arrives must now be even more relevant.

[Richard Sneader]

Hi Folks,
If your still at a loose end this Saturday morning we still have a couple of places left on the Heartstart course in Grays, Essex. 09:30 start.
Would be nice to see more drivers, mechanics etc to compliment the amount of marshals who we have taught so far.
Please book on www.heartstart-grays.co.uk
We look forward to welocming you all to these courses.

[Al Weyman]

Well we completed the course today and a big thanks to Richard and the team. I can wholeheartedly endorse this course, it was very informative and also fun to do and who knows it may well help save someones life one day, so a win win whatever way you look at it.

[Richard Sneader]

Thanks for the Kind words Al and it was a pleasure to meet you both and hear some of your expereinces in the race world during the t break.
We would love to have more motorsports persons on our courses as its open to all.
If anyone want s us to come to your club please contact Heartstart-Grays through our website: www.heartstart-grays.co.uk

2013 dates are already on our site for fixed courses.

[Tim Falce]

If you ever do a Saturday course again can you post it up here. I went to a track day at Brands yesterday but would have better spent my morning at Grays, sorry I missed it.

[Al Weyman]

Its worthwhile Tim and anyone else thinking of doing it, I understand they do these courses on a regular basis.