Resuscitation is first aid skill most Japanese want to learn
Here is a far too short survey from iShare into first aid training.
Demographics
Between the 8th and 11th of April 2011 922 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.7% of the sample were male, 2.3% in their twenties, 45.0% in their thirties, and 52.7% in their forties.
I’ve learnt both AED usage and resuscitation; indeed, you cannot really learn how to use an AED without also adding in manual intervention, as the recommended method of use is to perform (let’s see if I can remember…) heart massage and artificial respiration while someone is off fetching the AED, and of course the AED itself may decide not to fire if the patient is not in need of defibrillating.
I’m surprised at how low the figures are here – although there wouldn’t have been much call for many of the skills at the recent earthquake, I would have hoped that it would have awakened the volunteer spirit in a few more people.
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