St John Volunteer example essay topic

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The topic I have chosen for this task is 'Interacting in a team of workplace context. ' The team / workplace I will be working with are Sr. Johns Port Adelaide as I have just become a member and thought it would be an exciting topic. St John Ambulance Australia is a volunteer based program which enables ordinary people like you and I give help to those in need of medical attention. To become a St. John volunteer you must have your Senior First Aid Certificate and if you don't St. John will tell you when their next Senior First Aid class is so you can get one. After you join there is usually a three hour session each week to keep your skill levels up. So for my interacting in a team I have chosen to do our last session which was a casualty simulation (this is when we act out an incident and use our skills to help that casualty.

). In this scenario we have to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation while in a moving vehicle (our St. John ambulance. ), there are five people in a group: Driver- is responsible for getting the casualty to hospital as quickly and efficiently as he / she can. Front seat passenger- is responsible for calling out directions as loud and clear as they can for example 'right turn coming up!' The first, first aider- will control the breaths with a bag and mask. The second first aider- will control the compressions.

(Two breaths to every fifteen compressions.) The instructor- they tell you what's happening to your patient and if you doing something wrong or right. There are four rotations so each person gets a chance to have a go at every thing excluding the instructor..