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Who usually arrives first on the scene of an accident?
Though the police are usually there quickly, often bystanders or witnesses are there already. In a serious accident, a critically injured victim may need help within six minutes if he or she is to survive. If those bystanders had basic emergency medical skills, lives could be saved, according to a spokesman for the Rappahannock-Rapidan Emergency Medical Services Council.
If more people had basic first aid training, and police and sheriffs department personnel have first aid knowledge, they could render assistance while waiting for fire and rescue units, he suggested.
Beginning on March 7, the EMS Council is sponsoring a First Responder course. This 40-hour class will teach the basics of emergency medicine, focusing on what can be done by the first people on the scene to render critical care to severely injured victims.
The course will be held on Wednesday and Sunday evenings from 7 p.rn. to 10 p.m. at the Culpeper County Rescue Squad building on Route 229. Upon completion of the course in April, graduates will receive certificates as First Responders from the state Division of EMS. There is no charge for the class, but there will be a nominal fee for the textbook.
“This course can save lives,” an EMS council spokesman said.
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