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NPAC Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: Warren Toda on February 10, 2012, 07:54 PM

Title: First Aid training
Post by: Warren Toda on February 10, 2012, 07:54 PM

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Partly inspired by another post (http://npac.ca/forums/index.php?topic=4802.msg21296#msg21296). Since photographers and reporters could be one of the first people at a crash/crime scene, has your newspaper properly trained you?


I've been first on-scene at four(?) fiery car/truck crashes on busy highways in Toronto on weekday afternoons. Despite *hundreds* of vehicles slowing down to take a look and even rolling down windows to take a few quick pictures, absolutely no one else stopped to help. Was I surprised? Not at all.

Title: Re: First Aid training
Post by: Colin Corneau on February 13, 2012, 01:18 PM

We're on our own.

Title: Re: First Aid training
Post by: Phill Snel on February 13, 2012, 02:03 PM

Trained for first aid and CPR....but anyone can run the automated defibrillator here - it tells you what to do!

Title: Re: First Aid training
Post by: Louie Palu on March 18, 2012, 11:54 AM

I never got any basic first aid at The Globe over 6 years. However I got a very good first aid, hostile environment course in 2006 before going to Afghanistan that The Globe paid for.