St John

St John Ambulance believes that everyone should learn at least the basic first aid techniques. You may need to use them at any time at home, at school or work or even while you’re travelling. Knowing what to do can make the difference to a person’s recovery and you could even save their life.

St John have developed a new range of first aid courses designed to meet the needs of home or leisure activitities.

Family first aid

This course is for families to learn first aid together. The course covers the same content as Basic first aid and also includes asthma, heart attacks, serious bleeding and burns, anaphylactic shock, seizures and strokes. The course takes six hours.

St John Ambulance, 27 St John’s Lane, London EC1M 4BU. Tel: 08700 10 49 50 · Fax: 08700 10 40 65

Mums in UK encouraged to learn first aid

Mums across the UK are encouraged to learn first aid, according to the St John Ambulance.

Recent research from the charity found that although approximately two million children have accidents every year, seven out of ten parents feel “helpless” in the event of their child sustaining an injury.

According to NHS Direct, children aged between 0-4 years of age are most likely to have an accident in the home, and boys are more at risk than girls.

The Daily Mail also recently reported that 60 per cent of parents in the UK know nothing about first aid.

Sarah Jarman, a spokesperson for St John Ambulance, said: “Of the people surveyed, only 14 per cent had current first aid training. We strongly encourage all parents to learn first aid… we hope many more people will benefit from first aid training.”

She added that knowledge of first aid “can make an immediate and real difference in an emergency” and could help prevent permanent damage or injury.