AFM Personnel train as First Aid Instructors

AFM Personnel train as First Aid Instructors

Nine Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Malta have recently successfully completed an intensive course enabling them to conduct periods of instruction in First Aid.

The participants, who have been first-aid qualified for a number of years, were selected to undergo this training having demonstrated a special interest in the subject and an aptitude to teaching.Apart from First Aid in itself, the course, organised by 1 Regiment, introduced attendees to the learning process, the use of visual aids, barriers to learning, the planning and delivery of lectures and other methods of instruction with particular interest to First Aid.Timely First Aid can save a life and this course is in line with the effort being made by the Army to train soldiers in handling situations where emergency aid is required.

05.10.98