Seriously Good First Aid Systems

Eric Schusser
What system of first aid management and evaluation do you need in your organization? What do you do if you needle stick yourself? How do you report to the parents/ caregivers of your clients? Can you account in writing for all the Panadol you administered on that last tramp? Seven head injuries in a year – is this significant?
Developing a serious system for the management of first aid is a serious business.
This presentation focused on putting in place the best system possible to meet the needs of those you work with and to meet Eric's own perception of the legal requirements.
Topics include:
• Management and documentation systems that work
• Review systems, lessons learnt and mistakes made.
• Publishing your screw-ups as a learning tool
• Flogging good ideas, and integrating them
• 101 ways to avoid projectile vomiting
• Is a basic first aid certificate renewable every 2 years really adequate? The question of training requirements
This presentation is for any organization, residential centre, camp programme or school committed to developing a first aid management system of the highest order.

Eric Schusser
Friend of the mountains and the snow, photographer, ambulance officer, educator, facilitator.
Qualifications: a hell of a lot of good living, journeyed to hell and back, skier, climber, and tramper.

Head of Department Outdoor Education, Dunstan High School, Alexandra

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