Author: earthfirst

UK Action Medics have two upcom­ing “street medic” train­ings.

One Day affin­i­ty group medic train­ing:
Tues­day 20th March, 9.30am — 6pm,
@ Bris­tol Uni­ver­si­ty Stu­dents’ Union

2.5 Day street medic train­ing:
7pm — 9pm, Weds 28th March,
9.30am — 6pm, Thurs 29th
9.30am — 6pm, Fri 30th
@ Aberys­t­wyth (email for loca­tion)

UK Action Medics is a net­work of activists who have a range of med­ical skills, from first aid to qual­i­fied doc­tors. We want to ensure that our­selves and oth­ers are trained in the unique areas of med­i­cine in protest sit­u­a­tions (eg. CS gas and the work­ing con­di­tions) in addi­tion to stan­dard first aid.

We have two upcom­ing train­ings.
ONE-DAY TRAINING
@ Bris­tol Uni­ver­si­ty, Stu­dents’ Union

This train­ing will equip with basic first aid skills enabling you to look after your­self and your friends/comrades on actions/demos. These are skills which are also applic­a­ble in every­day life. The train­ing includes role-plays where par­tic­i­pants have the chance to prac­tice skills under stress. It is also use­ful as a refresh­er if you have had pre­vi­ous first aid training/experience.

2.5 DAY TRAINING
in Aberys­t­wyth
What this course is and is not:

* This is a 24-hour street medic train­ing. We will cov­er the major­i­ty of the basic infor­ma­tion and skills you will need to pro­vide first aid at protests and direct actions.

** the train­ing includes: work­ing with a bud­dy, pri­ma­ry and sec­ondary assess­ment, check­ing for Dan­ger, Response, Air­ways, Breath­ing,
Cir­cu­la­tion, Dis­abil­i­ty and sur­round­ing Envi­ron­ment (DR ABCDE). Spinal immo­bil­i­sa­tion, basic wound­care, burn­care, splint­ing, car­ry­ing patients with frac­tures, treat­ing vic­tims of chem­i­cal weapons (CS gas & pep­per spray) attacks, hot & cold injuries, etc.

* This will not make you ready for any­thing. This course is a foun­da­tion in first aid and some prac­tice. More diverse and deep­er skill comes with time and prac­tice as well as con­tin­u­ing edu­ca­tion in health care.

* One thing we do not teach is Car­diopul­monary resus­ci­ta­tion (CPR). CPR is a great and some­times nec­es­sary skill. But we do not cov­er it
here due to time con­straints. The British Heart Foun­da­tion offer free “Heart­start” cours­es, see www.bhf.org.uk

* This is NOT a cer­tifi­cate course. You will receive no cer­ti­fi­ca­tions or licens­es of any kind.

COST:
We don’t make any prof­it from the train­ings, the cost goes towards pay­ing for venue hire, trav­el expens­es for train­ers, pho­to­copy­ing hand­outs and mate­ri­als used through­out the day. The costs below are a guide­line, and nobody will be turned away through lack of funds.

The one day train­ing will cost up to £10 per per­son (tbc), although it is like­ly to be low­er.

The 2.5 day train­ing will cost up to £20 per per­son.

I you would like to come to either train­ing or have any ques­tions, please drop me an email on:
ryanmcgavock@riseup.net

http://www.actionmedics.org.uk