Over 20 cadets from King Edward’s School’s Combined Cadet Force spent the weekend of the 4^th and 5^th February working towards the St John’s Ambulance First Aid qualification.

The first day was spent covering the basics of first aid. On the Sunday Cadets had to put everything they had covered in the Saturday training sessions into practice during some realistic emergency scenarios.

The Cadets were confronted by the scene of traffic accident with two casualties. Working in small groups they set about assessing the situation and preparing to administer relevant first aid help. Then suddenly,  ‘CRASH!’ the Head of Maintenance falls off his ladder, now there are three casualties but wait, ‘BANG’, Lt. Drury staggers out of the range, a cadet had shot him by accident, four casualties.

The Cadets were now dealing with a crisis emergency situation where they had to think fast and work hard organising and distributing first aid to all, not forgetting to contact the emergency services to summon help.

Commanding Officer, Captain Holdaway, commented: ’The Cadets kept very cool under pressure, reaching the standards required of the First Aid qualification with ease. Congratulations to all Cadets who passed their First Aid qualification with flying colours. A great, enjoyable weekend was had by all.”