Emergency First Aid and CPR know-how can save lives

Sep 13, 2012

Photo: A one-day Emergency First Aid and CPR course at Oso Hall on September 8

Mark Halladay, who owns and operates his own emergency training service, had a full house at Oso Hall in Sharbot Lake on September 8, where 24 members of the community spent the day learning how to respond to various emergency situations.

The group was comprised of staff from local organizations and businesses, including Northern Frontenac Community Services, the Sharbot Lake Seniors Home, the Sharbot Lake Dental Clinic, Dunham Transportation in Ompah, Thompson Bus Lines in Mountain Grove, and the Sharbot Lake Pharmacy.

The course also attracted local individuals who were not associated with any group or business but who also wanted to know how to respond in emergency situations. Halladay spent the day teaching the ins and outs of emergency first aid, which covered infant, child and adult CPR; conscious and unconscious choking; defibrillation; how to respond to victims of strokes and heart attacks; bleeding control techniques, and the use of Epi-pens to treat anaphylactic shock. Statistics show that that knowledge of emergency first-aid and CPR goes a long way in saving lives. The course was provided by the St. Lawrence College Employment Service in Sharbot Lake.