{"id":8508,"date":"2021-07-19T14:12:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T13:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/?p=8508"},"modified":"2021-07-19T14:12:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T13:12:52","slug":"learning-first-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/learning-first-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the importance of learning first aid?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/282912003?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this post, we asked our Paramedic, what is the importance of learning first aid?<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, in the UK, the number of people and the number of 999 calls are outstretching the services. We have always been very reliant on calling 999 in the UK and everybody will always tell you, whether you go into big business or into private homes, &#8220;We will call an ambulance. They will be here in a couple of minutes.&#8221; The average response time in the UK currently is around 25 minutes to a 999 call and 25 minutes in a cardiac arrest is an awfully long time. The first four minutes of a cardiac arrest is vital. If those vehicles are tied up on jobs that they do not need to be in or time wasted and this sort of stuff, then it creates a bit of a backlog.<\/p>\n<p>So learning first aid for yourself, whether you are on holiday, whether you are at home, whether you are at work, it does not matter where you are, you can be that vital bridge until emergency services can get to you. And that is all we want. We want to be able to do the best for you. The time constraints that we are under and the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-07-at-23.20.36.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8511 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-07-at-23.20.36-300x162.png\" alt=\"first aid\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-07-at-23.20.36-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-07-at-23.20.36-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-07-at-23.20.36.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> traffic problems, weather conditions, fog, snow, ice, the snow and gales we have recently had create us lots of problems getting to you. 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