18^th December 2007. BcoM First Aid Training, New Madinah Mosque

The Bolton Council of Mosques recently facilitated an Emergency Life Support and Basic First Aid course that took place over the course of one day. The course was targeted at females from the Pakistani community in order to provide them with basic knowledge and skills that they may require when faced with first aid situations within their homes with children and family. The course was run by St Johns' Ambulance and took place at The New Madinah Mosque.

The content of the course encompassed a wide range of vital skills needed to fulfill Emergency First Aid and Basic Life Support. The key life saving skills taught to the participants included control of bleeding, bandaging, resuscitation, treatment of unconscious casualty, the recovery position, and looking at the contents of a first aid box. All aspects of the course were translated into Urdu for the benefit of the participants whose first language wasn't English.

Upon successful completion of the course all participants received a qualification certified by St Johns' Ambulance which is valid for three years. The participants also received a complimentary basic first aid box to take home.