Really looking forward to the course. Have already done basic First aid with Red Cross and they do show you how to remove a helmet safely but tend to bring a huge helmet. If you attend any such courses I would take your helmet to :-
1) Get a feel for how it feels to have it taken off that way
2) For all first aiders to feel the true resistance you get when taking a properly fitted helmet off a casualty.
Have all the forms to apply to train as a paramedic outside work and with my background should be pretty quick to get through it :
Another 2 things I would highly recommend
1) Spot Tracker - recommended by NZ search and rescue. $350 and easy to use. Look up find me spot on internet.
2) Red Cross single use resuscitation mask. Comes in a 15mm x 15mm soft material pouch on a keyring. You will be carrying it more for everybody else but the people I ride with know one is on my keyring if they need to use it for me.
Fear of disease, vomit and blood often puts people off cpr even when they know how to do it. $10 not much to spend in case you need to save a life hey
I believe in forward planning and hoping I never need to use it but as I have been at two offs in 2 years (and a few off horses too) I guess the odds are....
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