Amanda Norton was just looking around a local event in Huntingdon with her husband and son when she stopped to chat with the volunteer from St John Ambulance. Months later that small incident saved her daughter’s life as from there she became a St John ambulance first aider.
LIFE CHANGING: Amanda Norton whose St John training helped save her daughter’s life.
“The second course I took focused on baby and child care; my daughter went blue on me three times in her first year. If I hadn’t learnt the basic recovery position for a baby she wouldn’t have kept breathing long enough to get to the specialist medical care at the hospital and I don’t think she would be here now.’
This month I have been to visit St John Ambulance HQ in Huntingdon to meet Amanda and her ‘St John Family’. Emma Randall another volunteer tells me, ‘There’s a great camaraderie here between the volunteers. We often find that one member of a family joins and then the children become involved with the badgers (5-10 year olds) or the cadets (10-17 year olds). We’ve also had several St John weddings between people who have met through volunteering at St John Ambulance.’ Continue reading
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