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Learning First Aid, CPR, and more!

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On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, from 9am to 5pm, more than 70 NYP students, including myself, attended the Standard First Aider and CPR & AED Workshop at Block E. I heard about this workshop through the Student Affairs Office, which sent us an email encouraging us to go for it. I thought it would be beneficial to learn more about first aid and life-saving procedures, and decided to sign up for it. The fully subsidized workshop was organized by the People�s Association Emergency Preparedness Division. It was open to all students, but I noticed it attracted many students from the Track and Field team, and Sports and Wellness diploma course. The Standard First Aid Workshop was held concurrently with the CPR + AED Workshop. Hence, the students were split into two different groups, and switched groups later. The first workshop I attended was the Standard First Aid Workshop, conducted by Mr Safaruddin Bin Haji Aliyas, a facilitator from the Singapore First Aid Training Centre Pte Ltd. At the...