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This is one of the Focus ‘Teaching You’ series, in fact it is a package everyone should have knowledge of from teenager – or even younger – upwards.

If you come upon a scenario correct assessment and basic action may mean that the victim is alive when emergency services arrive, ignorance costs time and in certain circumstances that ignorance could kill.

Installation onto a hard disc will take around 430MB of hard disc space, this means that the CD does not need to be in the drive when the package is used. Like most Focus packages this is republished, on this occasion it is an Attica product.

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I was somewhat disappointed in the low screen resolution but pleased that on closing any icons on your desktop are returned to their correct positions.

The package has five main modules, First Principles, Conditions, First Aid in Action, First Aid Kit, and a Test.

First Principles is what should be done in the vital first minutes, perhaps most importantly the order they should be down and so we all remember them WHY in that order.

Conditions lists a total of fifteen basic conditions and the first aid that should be done to stabilise the condition. They are Airway and Breathing, Attacks and Seizures, Bites and Stings, Bleeding, Burns and Scalds, Common Complaints, Fractures, Foreign Bodies, Head and Brain, Heart, Overexposure, Poisoning, Resuscitation, Shock and Soft Tissue. Some of these may only need first aid others may be life threatening.

First Aid in Action shows some basic techniques that with a little practice could well be the difference between life and death.

A basic First Aid Kit is something that every workplace however small must have, every home should also have one, the basic items could be –sorry to be boring – the difference between life and death in the vital first minutes.

When I first did the First Aid Test I got 18 right and 11 wrong in the five minutes allocated, they are multiple choice questions, the hardest I found were the ones where you had to highlight a part of the body for action. You – and anybody I should meet – will be pleased to know that having studied the whole package my results improved.

The package works on Windows 98 or later, it can work with as little at 16MB of memory so almost any PC will be okay. The 640x480 screen resolution is disappointing but acceptable as this is basically a teaching package. The package contains hundreds of photos, animations, video and diagrams showing clear concise directions. As with most Focus packages this costs £9.99.

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