Swimming – duty of care issues

Have a think about the NSW coroner’s recommendations after a tragic and avoidable drowning death of a schoolgirl.
To allow for the risk assessment of child’s swimming ability – does your permission form clearly indicate that a child can swim?
Formal recommendations:
1.) for primary school students to be given colour-coded wristbands denoting their swimming ability [...]

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Get Lost!… And Be Found

As you may be aware some Groups and Individuals have the older style Emergency Position Indicating Beacons (EPIRBs) and these have provided an important part in the planning of emergency procedures for activities. Unfortunately the system of Satellites that supported the older EPIRBs is due for decommissioning in February 2009.
The Scout Radio & Electronics Service [...]

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CPR to the beat

Planning a First Aid practice night? Perhaps you should also bring along your sound system to have a CPR soundtrack playing to assist with the compression timing;
Researchers claim that the Bee Gees 1977 tune “Stayin’ Alive” is a great track to pace yourself when doing CPR. The song’s tempo is 103 beats per minute, very [...]

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