Cadet
Flight Sergeant Phoebe Jenner was recently able to put some of the
first aid training she has undertaken at 84 (Coventry Airport)
Squadron into practice when she offered advice and assistance to a
family whose son had collapsed in the street.
During
her time with the Royal Air Force Air Cadets, Flight Sergeant Phoebe
Jenner, aged 17, has been part of the squadron since 2012 and as part
of her training she has undertaken two first aid courses. Starting
with the British Heart Foundation Heartstart programme which is a
basic short course teaching cadets how to deal with basic unconscious
and non-breathing casualties. Following this she then took the
weekend-long Youth First Aid course which is a St John Ambulance
qualification. This goes into much more detail about a wide range of
potential scenarios one of which appeared to have happened right in
front of Cadet Jenner.
"I
was coming out of a friend's house when we saw a group of people
surrounding someone lying the in the road, so I ran over to see if I
could help. A 16 year old lad had collapsed in the road, and was
having an epileptic fit. We made sure that he was in the recovery
position, covered him with a blanket, and put pillows under his head.
It seemed he had controlled how he fell so didn't have any injuries.
He was unconscious but was breathing and occasionally slightly
responsive. Someone else had called an ambulance so I stayed with
them until it arrived.
It's
good that the training I have had gave me the knowledge that could
help him, and I think it is a really valuable part of our learning at
cadets."
Well
done Cadet Flight Sergeant Jenner.
