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First Aid Course Refresher Training

I did my first First Aid Course when I was 14 and continue to refresh my certificate every three years (sometimes more often). I also did a spell as a trainer a number of years ago. I think anyone involved in teaching or working with young people should do at least a basic course (it should be part of Initiual Teacher Education).

For my three year re-fresh this time around I joined a Rescue and Emergency Care Course organized by Leading Edge Expeditions in Dorset. There were twenty of us on the course and although I wasn’t sure if I would know anyone – I was delighted to find some familiar faces from past outdoor education work and expeditions.

One of the other nice things about the course was the number of young people who were attending and also going away on expeditions this summer. This included groups who are off to Ecuador, Kenya and the Alps.

During one very funny moment on the Sunday afternoon was when we managed to convince one of the Alps 2011 expedition team to put the ‘Resusci Annie’ Tracksuit on. It actually quite suited her…

Three more years until the next up-date – I wonder what the ratio of rescue breadths to chest compressions will be in 2014?

Born to Learn [video]

Your brain is the planet’s most powerful learning machine. But our current systems of education aren’t doing enough to unlock our true potential. This is what Born to Learn is all about.

Born to learn is a fun, thought-provoking series of animations that illustrate ground-breaking new discoveries about how humans learn.

Here is the first one (and I like it!):

Born to Learn from Born to Learn on Vimeo.

Interesting Infographics (5 of 5):

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This is part of a series of posts showcasing some interesting infographics that are available on the web. For more information on infographics have a look here and for some of the problems with using infographics graphics have a look here.

Today's infographic compares two Android phones to the iPhone Four (source):