Life support training for town centre businesses
Monday 6 February 2023
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is currently hosting FREE life support training for town centre businesses across the Borough.
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48 business representatives are receiving accredited ‘Basic Life Support Training’ delivered by a qualified and experienced instructor from ‘One Stop Safety Training’.
Key areas covered in the training include:
- Assessing an incident
- Casualty assessment
- Managing an unresponsive casualty
- Recovery position CPR
- AED safety considerations
- Using an AED
- Combining AED use with CPR
- Using an AED on a child procedures for when emergency services arrive
Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Alderman Noel Williams, said: “I’m proud that our Council is providing this vital training for our town centre business owners - the skills gained during the course could really help to save a life.”
Sessions will be taking place across the Borough. If you are a Town Centre Business and would like to sign up to our database to receive updates on training courses and town centre updates, please send your business name and email to: Linda.Stevenson@midandeastantrim.gov.uk.