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OGTech staff get First Aid training
MUSCAT A number of the academic staff of
Oman-German University of Technology (OGTech)
have been participating in the past two days
in a Basic First Aid Course with James
Watson, Senior First Aid Instructor at the
Oman Air Training Center. “Basic First Aid
skills are imperative for everybody, either
at work or in private life,” said Barbara
Stauble, Academic Director at OGTech.
Watson said that by using First Aid
Instructions, peoples lives have been saved
in the Sultanate. “Lifting someone with a
spine injury after a car accident can kill
someone,” stressed Watson. “Instead the
persons’ head should be kept still and the
whole body moved together with six other
persons,” said the First Aid Instructor.
First aid is the immediate and temporary
care given to a person suffering injury or
sudden illness. The aim is to give temporary
primary assistance until competent medical
care is obtained or until the chance of
recovery without medical care is assured.
“The faster you act the better,” stressed
Watson. Properly applied First Aid may mean
the difference between life and death.
According to statistics, one third of the
people could be resuscitated through first
aid. Properly applied primary care should be
given until a doctor arrives,” stressed
Watson. The seven skills acquired during a
Basic First Aid Course were primary
assessment, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation,
obstructed airway management, control of
bleeding, shock management, illness
assessment and injury assessment.
During Basic First Aid some general
standards of patient care need to be
observed such as: do no harm; move the
patient only if absolutely necessary in
order to avoid the possibility of
aggravating the present injuries; and
control the bleeding. “The loss of a lot of
blood and a lack of oxygen are life
threatening,“ said Watson. Most of the
bleeding can be controlled through direct
pressure on the wound for about six to 10
minutes. The OGTech staff learned as well
how to deblock the airway through a chin
lift, to look and listen to the breathing,
to check the pulse, scan the body for
bleeding and to maintain the body
temperature.
To reinforce the Basic First Aid Course, the
OGTech staff need to refresh the practical
skills learned after two years.
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