BHF Heartstart Courses

[Richard Sneader]

Would you know what to do in a life-threatening emergency? Learning Emergency Life Support (ELS) skills can help you keep someone alive until professional help arrives.

IVMUK is proud to deliver the British Heart Foundation’s Heartstart scheme, which will teach participants skills to deal with assessing an unconscious patient, performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), dealing with choking, serious bleeding and helping someone that may be having a heart attack.

The courses are free but donations are asked as this is solely what enables us to keep the course going.

We are pleased to announce that the first three sessions will take place in Grays, Essex, on Wednesday July 25, August 8, and August 22 from 7pm (prompt) until 10pm.

Tea and coffee will be supplied and all donations will be gratefully received.

To book your place on one of the courses, email heartstart.ivmuk@hotmail.co.uk with your name and telephone number. We will then be in contact with further details once places have been allocated.

Hope to see you at one of the courses,

IVMUK steering group.

( Mods can you make this a hot topic please)

[Richard Sneader]

Hi Folks,
you can book onto a course using the form on Julians Marshals.org website.
Thanks all.

[ron1902]

being put through a 3 day course from work.boss found out i marshal and needed somebody to do the course for work. works for both our interests

[Richard Sneader]

Well we have now started to get interest. We have 3 marshals who have signed up so far so thank you. Details will be sent nearer the courses.
Ron1902 understand. If you still want to come and do a course its no prob. Good chance to socialise away from circuit. And you get a badge, cert and a guidance card.
These courses are open to all in motorsport not just marshals and any club.

[Mark Mitchell]

Originally Posted by Richard Sneader

Would you know what to do in a life-threatening emergency?

Yes!

[Richard Sneader]

are you sure Mark:-))

[Richard Sneader]

Mods can one of you please make this a hot topic so it does not get lost in the threads.
Aprreciated,
Richard

[Mark Mitchell]

Originally Posted by Richard Sneader

are you sure Mark:-))

Erm I think so! Am training though to be a Heartstartstaffordshire trainer!

[Woolley]

Originally Posted by Richard Sneader

Mods can one of you please make this a hot topic so it does not get lost in the threads.
Aprreciated,
Richard

Sorry, meant to do that earlier and ran out of time. Done.

[Richard Sneader]

Thanks Woolley.
I know Mark just pulling your leg. Not that I teach that!!

[Terrible-Tones]

Hi Richard

These courses are a great idea - thank you for organising them.

Can I just ask - do they count as the First Aid training signature in the new PRC book? This seems to be a requirement, but I am having trouble finding a training day that covers it.

[Richard Duvall]

Richard,

Are any other dates/ venues likely?

[Mark Mitchell]

I'm actually on a course now in August. Looking forward to being able to teach others!

[Steven Humphrey]

Originally Posted by Terrible-Tones

Hi Richard

These courses are a great idea - thank you for organising them.

Can I just ask - do they count as the First Aid training signature in the new PRC book? This seems to be a requirement, but I am having trouble finding a training day that covers it.

Pretty sure it doesn't. Sure Richard will confirm one way or the other.

[Mark Mitchell]

The heartstart courses are not first aid courses, so no!

[Richard Sneader]

Ok some answers to questions.
Ref the first aid module in the PRC's
I have asked Chris Hobson and the MSA and I am still waiting for a definitive answer either way. So will update when I know.
Ref venues, we are looking for a venue in Kent thats free or v cheap to hire. So for now we are running in Essex. There will be other dates after these courses TBA
Courses are strating to fill now we have a few places left on the first course and
Mark give me a pm ref a scheme up your neck of the country.
Places are going now and all 3 dates are strting to fill up so please book. First message in this thread gives you all the details.

[Steve Fox]

Originally Posted by Richard Sneader

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Ref venues, we are looking for a venue in Kent thats free or v cheap to hire.

I assume you have asked BH if they have a spare venue (when the site is open, trackdays or similar so the gate is manned) The Kentagon or Hailwoods would be a good size wouldn't it?

[j888cag]

hi all im new on here and a new trainee
doing well so im told big thanks to all the pc io and marshalls that have helped me yes its me the blonde with the cosworh saph cas
as a new marshall i think training course should be more often as far as i have been told most course are run once a year
so im jumping for this course and im booked in


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[Richard Sneader]

Hi Folks,
Just an update on the Heartstart courses. Places are going quickly for the first 3 courses. For July 25th there are 2 places left. August 8th there are 4 places left and August 22nd there are 4 places left.
Thanks to everyone who has booked on so far and lets fill up the other slots.
More dates will be announced after the August courses.
Spread the word.
Thank you.

[Richard Sneader]

Just a course numbers update folks:
July 25th we have 3 places left. 8th of August course is now full and the 22nd August we have 4 places left.
So please get booking. Its free and gives you a chance to meet other marshals outside the circuit enviroment.
We are also looking for potential instructors to put on the instructors course later in the year and deliver HS courses and develope them. This will also involve delivering these courses to the public. If this is something you would also be interested in please pm me or email me at heartstart.ivmuk@hotmail.co.uk or if you know my e-mail adress.
Spread the word and get booking,
Thank you.

[Glovesman]

I attended the the course last night (25th July) and learned a lot.

This is something that everybody should know, not just for at the track but for life away from the circuit. The course provides simple but essential instruction on how to deal with a life threatening situation.

I found the course to be well run and typical marshal humor was in abundance.

It's also good to meet your fellow marshals away from the track, although following the choking lesson I fear I know Daryl a little to intimately.

Please book yourself on a course when available, you won't regret it.

[Richard Sneader]

Thanks Gloveman for the kind comments. (I noticed DB still had a smile after you to got to know each other well!!). Also thanks to everyone who turned up last night through the poor traffic problems on the A13. The IVMUK steering group discussed the course after it finished and we were delighted and proud of how it went and the fact everyone entred into the course with the right frame of mind and added to the humour and made it a very enjoyable evening. So a huge THANK YOU to all of you who turned up. Also thank you for the generous donations. This is important as this is how we pay for the hall and keep the scheme running and make sure you have what you need etc.
We are meeting next week to plan alot more dates and if you would like us to come and run a course in your area please pm me or email on: heartstart.ivmuk@hotmail.co.uk
and we can discuss this.
I know and the IVMUK know we have hit the right note with this and last night proved it. What we need to do now is evolve it. I now have 3 potential instructors so I will be starting to get them involved and developed before we run an instructors course in Nov/ Dec.
Still would like some more.
August the 8th is now full and we have 2 places left for August the 22nd. SO lets get these 2 places booked.
Thank you.

[Richard Sneader]

Hi Folks,
We have 2 places left for this Wednesday's course at Grays, Essex( details will be sent) and 1 place left for the Wednesday 22nd August for Heart Start Courses. Please book at heartstart.ivmuk@hotmail.co.uk

Spread the word and book. It could save a life, even yours!
Thanks.

[Richard Sneader]

Just a note to say thank you to everyone that turned up last night the their Heartstart course. Another enjoyable course and everyones enthusiasm and input made it a good night.
We will be advertising some more dates soon. Just waiting to hear from the hall we can have the dates we have asked for.
T give a definative answer now for this course. As we are running this outside the motorsport arena to give everyone a skill for life and the community, PRC's will not be signed. The new FMOS course( all still to be finalised) will cover the first aid section in the books and all being well will be ready for 2013 training.
So please book, we have some more places for the 22nd August.Thanks again everyone.
Richard Sneader, Martyn Dolton, Alex Smith.

[j888cag]

went last night and well worth doing the course folks


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