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Bowling Club will again host the training sessions.
These will run from 10am til 3pm
(CPR starts at 12.30pm) on Thu, Fri and Sat the 21st to 23rd April.
People who want to register for
the training can put their names down at the Hemp Embassy or contact
Tom O’Brien, Red Cross HOPE Program, Team Leader
tobrien@redcross.org.au
Red Cross HOPE Program Fact Sheet
• The Red Cross HOPE program is a free six-hour course that
is primarily designed for families, friends and carers of those
at-risk of overdosing on Opiates, alcohol or other drugs.
• Although families, friends and carers are the primary
target group courses can also be arranged for workers/volunteers
in the field.
• Participants are taught how overdoses occur, how to recognise
the signs and symptoms of an overdose and how to respond, including
administering life-saving skills. Police and Ambulance procedures,
post overdose care and local referral and support information
are also provided.
• HOPE is a free course and is fully accredited through
the Australian Red Cross. Participants receive a CPR qualification
upon completion and all courses are conducted by a qualified Red
Cross CPR Instructor.
• The course can accommodate 15 – 20 participants
and course delivery is adapted to meet the differing needs of
participants. Lunch is provided free to participants.
• The Red Cross HOPE program was launched in September
2002 and since then has trained more than 700 people from all
over NSW.
• Red Cross HOPE courses are conducted in every area health
zone across NSW and are regularly held in metropolitan areas.
The HOPE training schedule is available on our website (see below).
• HOPE courses can also be conducted in Arabic and Vietnamese
languages. All training resources have been translated into these
languages.
• The Red Cross also offers these courses to young people,
youth workers and user/peer groups through the Red Cross Save-A-Mate
(SAM) Program.
• Overdose is a major cause of death among Heroin Users.
Some estimates indicate that as many as 70% of overdoses are witnessed
by another person (National Heroin Overdose Strategy). Overdose
affects not only the victim, but family, friends and the broader
community as well.
The Red Cross HOPE program acknowledges this and strives to provide
support through education and training on this daunting issue.
For enquiries on the Red Cross HOPE course, contact (02)9229
4142 or 1800 812 028. Visit our website at www.nsw.redcross.org.au
or E mail hope@nsw.redcross.org.au
To do the course in Nimbin
before MardiGrass,
see details at top of
page...
Red Cross HOPE Course
Participants Quotes
“I found it a great course and I feel more
able to help in an emergency”
“This is a great course for people who deal
with drugs at a grass level”
“I found this course very good but hope never
to use it”
“It was a relaxed atmosphere with no pressure,
there were easy explanations and good discussions with others.”
“All parts (of this course) contributed to
my knowledge. There was good leverage of participants experiences
and collective knowledge, comfortable pace and respectful of participants
time and stories”
“(The Course was) very good because it combines
present day initiatives, Drug and Alcohol with common first aid.”
“The Course had very good content and presentation,
extremely informative”
“Learning about the responses that need to
be taken when an overdose occurs was the best part of this course
for me. It also helped that the presenter was able to answer questions
as they were presented to him”
“The lesson was wonderful, we learnt a great
deal”.
“Thanks for the opportunity to try this before
a real life situation. I now feel a lot more confident in myself”
“Simple instructions, easy to follow and
very interesting”
“It’s a very good course which will
be very helpful to a range of people in the community”.
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