HEALTH HEALTH HEALTH

TRAINEES

COMPLETE OCCUPATIONAL FIRST AID TRAINING

The Trainees from the Primary Health Care Programme recently completed an eight-week
Course in Occupational First Aid and successfully gained a three-year certificate of competence.
This course is recognised by the Irish Health & Safety Authority. The participants passed
A practical and verbal exam conducted by an outside Examiner.

This course gives the necessary skills for someone to save a life and the knowledge of what to do in an emergency situation for a family member, love ones, friends or work mates.

The content of the course included:
-Adult and child C.P.R. – e.g. bring someone back to life.
-Scene management: - e.g. what to do at the scene of an accident.
-Bleeding & Wounds.
-Shock & Fractures
-Soft tissue injuries: - e.g. treatment of sprains.
-Unconsciousness
-Burns.
-Poisons
-Medical Emergencies: e. g - Asthma attack - Epilepsy.
-Breathing.

Anyone interested in taking part in a First Aid Course in Bru Bhride, please contact
Laura Mc Hugh at (093) 52515
for further information.

Certificates in Children First

All 12 participants of the Primary Health Care Programme received certificates in Children First in 2006. Child First is a programme that delivers training to participants on child protection. Children first training helps organisations of all types and sizes to improve their policies, procedures and practices to safeguard children and young people. Children first training provides people with a set of sound principles and good practice guidelines. It outlines the various steps to be followed in order to protect children at risk and tries to prevent the recurrence of child abuse.




Nora Ward one of the participants who received a Children’s First Certificate.

Men’s Health and Fitness

Programme:

The same group of men as those on the B.T.E.I. Programme has taking part in the Men’s Health
And Fitness Programme. The programme is geared towards the participant’s development in better health practices. The programme stems from the fact that Traveller Men’s health is quite
poor and this is evident form a local cardiovascular screening day, which was held in Tuam recently.
The health programme will look at the holistic approach to health, i.e. looking at physical, emotional, mental and environmental health. The newly formed Gym on site will facilitate part of this programme. A Fitness Instructor works with the group twice a week.

Men’s Health and Back to Education
Initiative

The B.T.I. has 14 men all of senior age. The Programme is aimed for participants to obtain better educational opportunities. The duration of the course is 3 years.
The course content is as follows: -
Literacy skills and creating awareness of educational ability by practice and selected tuition. General and practical experiences will be given and applied to the workplace. The B.T.I. provides modules such as Tiling, Crafts, General, Education, Literacy, Personal Development and Personal Health.

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