On Sun 19 Mar 06 at Suffolk ACF HQ, Ipswich, the annual SACF inter-coy 1st Aid Competition was contested.
Sadly, no team from C Coy was available and so missed an eventful day.
Each team consisted of 4 cadets: No 1 (Team Leader) , No 2 (main 1st Aider) , No 3 (1st Aider Asst) and No 4 (Reserve).
The day started with 2 diagnostic tests. First, No 1 and No 2 attended to a casualty, with angina, having a heart attack .
The No 3 and No 4 casualty had diabetes. The idea was to diagnose the condition of the casualty through questioning. No actual first
aid needed to be carried out.
The 2nd part was the team contest for 3 cadets (the reserve observed). The scenario was a skateboarder had collided with a
pedestrian. The skateboarder had a dislocated kneecap, abrasions to his hand and a fractured jaw. The pedestrian had 3 fractured ribs
and a sprained ankle. Both were in shock. 10 minutes were allowed to deal with the situation.
The last part was an individual test: No 1 and 2 dealt with a casualty with cerebral compression and No 3 and 4 with a cadet who had
fainted.

The teams were :

Assessors: SSIs Kevin Havelock, Roger Hemp and John Stewart.
Casualties: Alan Havelock and Robert Stanley.
All cadets were a credit to themselves and their Coys, dealing with realistic situations under a watchful eye all day.

The Results:

County First Aid Champions: A Coy.
The presentation of medals was by Deputy Commandant Lt Col Kelvin Ives.
The next stage is the Brigade Competition on Sun 25 Jun 06 at Waterbeach, Cambs.

SSI John Stewart
County First Aid Trg Offr

Webmaster comment: Well done everyone and not forgetting the assessing adults, the vehicle drivers and escorts, without whom the competition could not have taken place. Good luck at Waterbeach.