Question of the week: Do you have any first-aid training?

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Victoria Marston H&H

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Hi all,

Today's question of the week is 'Do you have any first-aid training?'

If so, have you ever needed it in a horse-related incident?

And if not — why not?

Victoria, H&H
 
I have first aid training, not horse specific though. Never needed it so far (touch wood!). Why not? Fortunatly not been involved in a situation where it would be required - v lucky!
 
Fully qualified first aider - have been for over 6 years now.

Needed when a young girl at our yard fell off whilst jumping and broke her collar bone.

I have also used it many times for other non horse related incidents over the years.

Have to say I am really glad that I have it and would always keep it up to date.
 
I did a first aid training day as part of my Duke of Edinburgh award about 10 years ago. I've never needed to use it in any situation though. I haven't done a horse specific one because of the cost, and the time - I think for my purposes I know enough to be a help though.
 
I am a fully qualified first aider. Luckily I haven't needed to use it in any equine related accidents - but being involved with horses is what prompted me to train in the first place.
 
Yes i do an Equine specific first aid course every 2 years to stay on the BHS Instructors redg.

No thank god i havent needed to use it, hope i never will.
 
Did a course many moons ago for sports coaching, but haven't renewed as I know that I am far too squeamish to be any use in a first aid situation, I'd likely add to the problem by fainting!

TBH I've managed to avoid needing it by sheer good luck, and spending time with practical people who are competent first aiders meaning that I can hide, look away and try not to be physically unwell!
 
I'm not a 'first aider' but I am a doctor and have done several years in a and e, itu and anaesthetics... and been on the pre hospital trauma course.

I have been present (just happened to be there) when a horse reared and went over on the rider... the st johns were in attendence... and were worried about her obviously broken leg... unfortuanately they'd failed to spot the fact that she wasn't breathing properly. They hadn't even called the county ambulance yet ... this was a few years ago now but I hope the first aid training has improved so that first aiders KNOW when they are out of their depth....

Blitz
 
I have first aid training and the rs were I used to work that was a must that there was always some one trained in first Aid. I luckily never had to use it. I do know of one instructor who was not trained had a fall on her lesson I was a livery on the yard and did not work on the particular yard the girl who fell was in lots of pain with her ankle and the instructor tried to pull her boot off, the long boots it was :) her ankle had already started to swell so the boot was hard to get off, instructor pulled and yanked at the boot :)
It turned out the girls ankle was broken and she said the doctors said that pulling the boot prob added to the severity of the break :) She had a few ops on it. She was a riding school client and also a helper at the yard when it happened
 
I've attended lots of "courses" through school, CCF, and done some training with St John Ambulance, but never actually got a certificate for it. Not sure where I'd stand legally although I'd know what to do.

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I was a fully qualified first aider for many years, was in St Johns when I was at school, and renewed it several times at the expense of firms I worked for (cheaper than starting a new person from scratch + they often paid a token extra per annum for being a designated first aider). I also was a Guide leader for years, and renewed it through them at least once.

It lapsed when I had my daughter, and I've never got round to re-doing it

Haven't had to use it for anything horse related, but it's handy when for example at a coffee morning when your small child chokes and you just pick them up and put them over your knee and dislodge the biscuit while unconcernedly chit chatting.. Everyone's jaws dropped and they then said they wouldn't have known what to do, and how could I do it and remain so calm I didn't even stop talking! I did encourage local NCT group to run first aid for new parents courses, and I know there was good take up.
 
I've got a first aider at work certification, along with emergency oxygen use and defibrillation! I am a first aider and a fire warden.
I've used it once at an airport when a passenger had a heart attack and collapsed on top of me, and once when my friend came off my horse in the field, and knocked herself out!
I would hope I would know when I was out of my depth, and when to call for extra assistance.
 
Yep I am a fully qualified first aider and have been for a long time. Used it for a handful of riding accidents at home. My other half is an EMT and advanced first aider.
 
I recently volunteered to have the training to be a first aider for work because I could see the potential for horse related accidents. I'm quite new to horse ownership anyway.

Since 'qualifying' I have offered advice on a lead rope induced burn on a hand and reassured my daughter when she fell off whilst jumping.

I know my limitations as I don't think I was particularly 'confident' on the course. However, it was sufficient to keep me calm after my daughter's fall and to reassure her that all was well whilst she recovered suffiently to get up unaided.

A first aid kit would be useful at the yard, but there isn't one.

What I liked about the St John's Ambulance course was that on successful completion of the course and exam, they insure you against any action that might be taken against you, so long as you were acting within the limitations of your training.
 
I had to do the one day one as part of my NVQ and college course, i hope it counts for my BHS towards the AI cause on the syllabus it says either Equine first aiders course or the three day one which seems a bit odd, nothing about the one day one, it has a proper name i think its appointed person one
 
Trained and qualified in 'Emergency Aid' including Defib. This is simply about preserving life and dealing with life threatening injuries, so I don't do bandages, slings and all that stuff.
 
I used to be a st johns cadet and i did a first aid course as part of my NVQ in Horse care.
I have used it many times for little axcidents around the yard. But the only major axcident was when I fell off a young cob, He reared up and came over backwards in the road. When i finaly got some help (I was out on my own) I had to explain to them why they couldn't move me. I thought i had broken my hip but was worried it may be my pelvis. Luckly i was right and it was just my left hip and wrist.
 
Yes - first aider through work and used it in equine accident when daughter came off pony and dislocated her hip. Ambulance crew were totally in a flumox how to get her from a field to awaiting ambulance in yard. At my suggestion used a blanket and back seat of a 4x4 - I was hoping for a ride in the heli!!!

Luckily practicality took over from emotion because as a mum you think "What I have I put my duaghter through by getting her into riding".

Also dealt with epilepsy at stables.
 
Unfortunately i'm not a first aider. Although it's somthing i've ALWAYS wanted to do. But haven't mainly due to being too busy with coursework, and not knowing where to do it. Have mentioned it to the school a few times, but nothing has come from it. Now we have a new head, I might try again :)
 
I've done a days intense first aid training (can't remember the title for it) but it's not equine specific.
I only have it as its essential for Duke of Edinburgh Gold and I'm a Community Sports Leader.



Double_choc_lab said:
Yes - first aider through work and used it in equine accident when daughter came off pony and dislocated her hip. Ambulance crew were totally in a flumox how to get her from a field to awaiting ambulance in yard. At my suggestion used a blanket and back seat of a 4x4 - I was hoping for a ride in the heli!!!

Luckily practicality took over from emotion because as a mum you think "What I have I put my duaghter through by getting her into riding".

Also dealt with epilepsy at stables.
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I was hoping for a ride in the heli, not the 4x4 with my toes stuck out the door! :(
 
I used to have First Aid at Work, which I held for many years. I now have the Eqine Specific First Aid which I renew every two years. A First Aid qualification is a compulsory requirement (as is a Child Protection certificate and a Riding Instructors Liability insurance policy) for an Instructor on the Western Equestrian Society List of Instructors.

I have used my First Aid on several occaisions, at my yard when another liverys friend fell off and broke her arm and at a show where I was judging, steward in the ring next to me was double barrelled on the hip, fortuneately the audible crack I heard was the sound of his walkie talkie breaking, not his hip (!) The first aider however was trying to get him to sit up before this fact was ascertained (!!) Came acoss a very nasty car accident on the way home from shopping, didn't actually do much apart from stopping people dragging casualties from car, switching off ignition and talking to casualties until the calvary arrived.


I think we are all only too aware how quickly things can go very wrong where horses are involved, even the quietest most bombproof horse can be a victim of some unforseen circumstance, a client of mine was hacking home a couple of weeks ago on such a saint of a horse, we think that they were almost struck by lightening which came, quite literally out of the blue (I heard it 3 miles away) She was found unconcious in the ditch, horse wandering in the road. She was airlifted to hospital which is where she woke up. Both horse and rider are recovering well, her hard hat is a testament as to why they should always be worn, it has a fist sized hole in it .... without it she would have been dead
 
I'm FAW qualified - used to work for one of the main First Aid Providers (the one with the emblem that looks like a road junction - say no more!), but I have to say that if anyone is going to go on a First Aid course then don't go for the cheap and cheerful ones coz the standard of instruction you'll get can vary a great deal.

I've been on some awful First Aid courses in past years; one of them was soooo depressing, it was this nurse and all she talked about was people dying and then there was another one which was an ex-paramedic, and it was all about road accidents and stuff: awful!

I have to be first aid qualified as I'm an exercise professional, and courses can be expensive (I used to get all mine paid for when I worked for the certain organisation I've referred to above!), so very lucky really.

The best thing to do if you want to be First Aid qualified is to get your employer to nominate you as Appointed Person or whatever and then you'll get sent on one for free! (plus you should get an honorarium too).
 
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