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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1993

POLICE REVIEWING ITS FIRST-AID TRAINING

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THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FIRST-AID HAEMOSTASIS TRAINING FOR POLICE OFFICERS IN THE LIGHT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY MR JUSTICE BOKHARY IN HIS FINAL REPORT ON THE LAN KWAI FONG INCIDENT.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR KEN WOODHOUSE, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON LAM KUI-CHUN TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

MR WOODHOUSE SAID THE POLICE WERE REVIEWING THEIR FIRST-AID TRAINING FOR SERVING POLICE OFFICERS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES.

POLICE OFFICERS ARE GIVEN TRAINING IN BASIC HAEMOSTASIS WHEN THEY JOIN THE FORCE.

REFRESHER IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES ARE ALSO PROVIDED то OFFICERS EVERY THREE YEARS DURING THEIR CAREER.

HAEMOSTASIS,

HE SAID POLICE OFFICERS WERE TRAINED NOT ONLY IN BUT IN THE WIDER ASPECTS OF FIRST-AID AND EMERGENCY TREATMENT.

THEY ARE ALSO TRAINED IN SPECIFIC SKILLS, SUCH AS DRESSING AND BANDAGING, -CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND TREATMENT OF BONE FRACTURES AND HEAT STROKE, MR WOODHOUSE SAID.

WOUND THE

CONCERNING THE FORMAL CURRICULUM IN SCHOOLS, MR WOODHOUSE SAID HAEMOSTASIS WAS COVERED UNDER FIRST-AID IN SEVERAL SUBJECTS SUCH AS HEALTH EDUCATION AT THE PRIMARY LEVEL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, HUMAN BIOLOGY AND SOCIAL STUDIES AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.

"THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF INCLUDING FIRST-AID TOPICS IN THE FORMAL CURRICULUM FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN IS TO PROMOTE A GENERAL AWARENESS OF FIRST-AID AMONG STUDENTS; THE INTENTION IS NOT TO PROVIDE SPECIALISED TRAINING,' HE SAID.

HE NOTED THAT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CONSIDERED THE CONTENT OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM ON FIRST-AID TO BE EFFECTIVE.

THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ALSO REVIEWED THESE MATTERS ON AN ON-GOING BASIS AND WOULD REVISE THE RELEVANT SYLLABUSES WHENEVER NECESSARY.

STUDENTS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO TAKE PART IN EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES PROVIDED BY THE BOY SCOUTS, THE GIRL GUIDES, THE ST

THE ST JOHN'S AMBULANCE BRIGADE AND THE HONG KONG RED CROSS SOCIETY WHERE THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE PRACTICAL FIRST-AID TRAINING, HE SAID.

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