Since the establishment of the Macau
Red Cross School in 1992, it has trained many individuals with professional
first-aid knowledge. _After completing
their training, most of them have enrolled themselves as volunteers
of the Macau Red Cross First Aid Group. _They
have a passion of providing first aid services in large-scale activities
organized by various government departments and other community organizations.
In its initial stage, Macau Red
Cross First Aid Volunteers Group is mainly composed of full-time medical
employees. _While acquiring their professional
first aid education, they have already embraced the spirits of offering
voluntary services. _These members are
willing to sacrifice their own time of leisure and rest, and ready
to serve the general public. _Besides
these full-time caring medical employees, more and more members in
recent years come from all walks of life in Macau. _It
should be noted that many graduates of our first aid school have become
our first aid instructors.
Each year, Macau Red Cross First
Aid Group provides services for sport competitions, contests, fireworks,
carnivals, and many other charity activities which are organized by
government departments, schools, charity organizations and business
sectors.
In order to improve and develop technical skills and
standards of our first aid group, and to fit into our first aid volunteer
promotion program, Macau Red Cross has implemented two components in
the training sessions:
1. Basic training program for beginners.
2. Fundamental first aid training for volunteers after admission to
the group.
Before Admission to the Group
Before formally admitted, new members are required
to go through 4 training sessions. _The
main purpose is to help them to revise what they have learned and to
enhance their basic first-aid knowledge through theories and practices.
_It will be a good foundation for them to
be equipped with the relevant knowledge and skills for their future
first aid services.
New members are not required to take any form of examinations.
_We assess them by their performance and
initiative in class, and we take their attendances and disciplines into
serious consideration. _Our training program
takes place in April and October respectively. _New
members will be notified two weeks prior to the commencement of the
training. _For those who cannot finish the
training, they need to re-apply for future admission as their files
would be removed from our records.
Furthermore, new members are required to attend
a 2 hours lecture every month in order to learn more about the Red Cross
Movement and the services provided by the Macau Red Cross.
After Admission to the Group
New members who finished the "Beginner Training Program"
and "Red Cross Movement Knowledge Program", the First Aid Group service
coordinator will complete the admission procedures and assign them to
different sections within the group. _They
will then be officially qualified to render their service to the local
community. _As long as they keep their membership
in this group, they have to satisfy the following requirements every
year:
1. Successfully passed our annual assessment.
2. Provide at least 30 hours of service.
For those who have successfully completed all the
above requirements, members will receive their first aid volunteer identity
cards (eligible for volunteer benefits offered by the Macau Red Cross).
_They are entitled to wear our official
uniforms, and automatically admitted to our first aid volunteer promotion
program.
First Aid Team Annual Assessment
Contents: _Annual
assessment has been conducted since 2006, in order to match up with
our development, and to maintain high standard of the group. _The
main objective is to enforce our first aid service in a well established
and professional manner. _Our annual assessment
consists of two parts on (1) First aid foundation course, and (2) Technical
skill. _All the members must successfully
pass the annual assessment before permitted to participate our first
aid services.
The annual assessment takes place in July through
September. _The content of the first aid
foundation course is based on our adult first-aid program. _The
assessment on technical skills would include first aid theory, bandaging,
recovery position and CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation). _For
those who have successfully passed our annual assessment and provided
more than 30 hours of service in a calendar year, they are allowed to
maintain their first aid volunteer identity.
Method: _All members
of the first aid group would have to finish a 9-hours first aid foundation
course which is to be held from July to September (3 sessions each month
and with 20 students each class). _For
those who are unable to finish the course, they will not be eligible
for the annual assessment.
Remarks: _Members
who wish to study the Adult First Aid Refresh course, or the Advanced
First Aid course in the same calendar year, they are exempted from the
annual assessment._
The results of which they have completed will be automatically
included in the assessment of the year.