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Show j ; Students Learn First Aid By HEIDI IIKNKIKSEN Fifth Grade Kenny Kindle a member of the Pleasant Grove ambulance association, visited the Lindon Elementary fifth grade recently and discussed emergency procedures. Mr. Kindle told about the A,B,C's for treating accident victims. A is for airway, B is for breathing, and C is for circulation. People should be treated for shock firsf. Did you know that more people die of shock each year after being in an accident, ac-cident, because they were not treated for it first? He took someones blood pressure, showed us how to fix up a broken arm, by putting a triangular bandage around the arm and gauze around the chest so it couldn't move. Mr. Kindle told us about the new phone number for emergencies. Did you know that it is 911? KEN KINDLE takes Mclanic Anderson's blood pressure tluiint! dcm..c . at Lindon School. , " ""'"" After that, we went through the ambulance. We got to see an I V needle and where they store the bandages. They use honey to put behind victims lips for it brings them out of a coma. As the ambulance am-bulance drove away, they turned on the siren, so we could hear it and see. the rotating bright lights. |