LocationNews » Over 190 Pupils at St Illtyd's Learn Lifesaving Skills Thanks to St John Cymru
St Illtyd’s Catholic High School, Cardiff, welcomed the return of St John Cymru, teaching enthusiastic pupils lifesaving skills.
Each year since 2012, the school invites St John Cymru to deliver First Aid Awareness sessions to every Year 7 pupil and works with the charity to improve the first aid skills of pupils.
This year, pupils took part in a first aid training session held by community trainer, Dave Ball, where they learned basic first aid skills including; how to manage an incident, treating an unresponsive casualty, how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and what to do if someone is choking.
David Thomas, Headteacher of St Illtyd’s said:
“We are delighted that St John Cymru are able to provide this training to the pupils in our school.”
“It is a skill for life and it has already had an effect with some of our pupils using the skills and knowledge gained to act in an emergency situation. It makes a difference and saves lives.”
Year 7 pupil, Lexi May said:
"I really enjoyed our first aid session with St John Cymru. I feel a lot more confident that I would know what to do in an emergency."
All pupils felt that they had learnt something new by the end of each session and would know what to do when faced with such life-threatening situations.
With the help of St John Cymru community trainers, the charity has trained over 9,000 people in lifesaving first aid this September and over 41,000 so far in 2019, meaning hundreds more lives could be saved in Wales.
St John Cymru Director of Training, Jon Phillips, said:
“We see time and again the difference teaching children and young people lifesaving skills makes to them and to those in their community.
“We believe first aid should be for everyone and that every child in Wales should be equipped with the confidence and skills needed to step in and help someone when they need it most.
“We thoroughly enjoyed getting to know and teaching the pupils of St Illtyds School first aid and helping to inspire the next generation lifesavers,” he added.
St John Cymru’s vision is to have a first aider in every home in Wales.
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