Crew hone casualty care skills

Cowal Heartstart coordinator Lindsay Thomson brought along training equipment to help with skills revision.

During the session shore and boat crew volunteers were able to practise both CPR and use of a defibrillator on the specialist training dummies, with Lindsay guiding crew through the stages of assessing a casualty, deciding on the best course of action and working together to provide support.

Crew are required to maintain their training, knowledge and boat experience, and this refresher training made good use of the session to refresh these important skills.  

Lindsay said: “It was great to be invited to RNLI Tighnabruaich to help with their CPR refresher training and use of public access defibrillators.

"As Heartstart coordinators based in Cowal, and supporting Save a Life for Scotland, we offer free sessions to schools and the general public so everyone can learn or practise CPR skills and how to use a defib. No previous first aid experience is needed.

“The more of us who can respond in an emergency the more lives that can be saved. For further information please contact Heartstartcowal@gmail.com or find  us on Facebook @ Heartstart Cowal.”