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CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – American Red Cross officials stress the importance of learning life saving techniques, and to help in this effort, two Marines taught a First Aid and Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Course at the American Red Cross building on Camp Foster Feb. 16.
Gunnery Sgt. Kenneth Newlon, the quality assurance representative for Marine Air Traffic Control Detachment A, Marine Air Control Squadron 4, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and Staff Sgt. Albert Sanders, the operations chief of the Marine Corps Base Camp Butler Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy, taught 10 Status of Forces Agreement personnel how to be effective as first responders at the scene of an accident and how to use proper CPR techniques.
Newlon and Sanders said they volunteered because they believe people should give back to their communities and teaching how to save lives is one way to do it. They also said they did it because the Red Cross does a lot for the military and helping them helps everyone in the community.
Newlon is a certified emergency medical technician and Sanders is a Red Cross certified instructor for CPR and First Aid for the Lay Responder and CPR for the Professional Rescuer courses.
They covered infant, child and adult CPR and what to do as a first responder. As a first responder, a person needs to find out what the injury may be, what they can do to help and whether it is something the person can take care of themselves or something that they will need to call emergency medical services for, according to Sanders.
"The course is important because they learn proper first aid and techniques used to save someone's life," Sanders said. "Improper aid in an emergency can be more dangerous than no aid at all, so learning what care you can and should give is important."
Anyone over the age of 14 should take this course, especially people who work or spend a lot of time in places where a lot of people gather or exercise, Sanders said. The Red Cross also recommends the course for people as young as 11.
"All the skills that are taught in the class are not expected for everyday use but are still necessary for people to know," Newlon said. "It is better to know how to save a life and never need to, than to not know how to save a life and need to."
Some of the first aid taught is used every day though, Sanders said. People get bruises and scrapes all the time and do a self diagnosis. This course just showed how to give aid more effectively to someone who may not be able to help themselves.
"Hopefully the people who attended the course left more knowledgeable about first aid and now have the skills to help someone in need," Sanders said.
| Date Taken: | 02.22.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 02.23.2008 05:25 |
| Story ID: | 16628 |
| Location: | CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, JP |
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