This year’s “advanced lifesaving course” for Palaceside Building tenants and others was held on the 26th at Mainichi Hall on the first basement. Aimed at placing “at least one advanced-course completer per workplace” so sudden illness or injury can be met at once, it is held every year; this day 21 firms and 30 people took part, including office and shop people and partner-company members for building security.
The course began at 9:00 a.m. with instructors from the Tokyo Disaster Prevention and Emergency Association. Eight hours until 5:00 p.m., with a lunch break — a dense program. After the talk, straight to practice. Facing a half-body dummy they repeated chest compressions (photo above) and artificial respiration (photo below) — quite a physical contest. Even in the air-conditioned hall, participants worked soaked in sweat.
Lifesaving courses are a public qualification taught and certified by municipal fire bureaus and headquarters such as the Tokyo Fire Department. There is a half-day “ordinary” and a full-day “advanced”; this building holds the advanced. A main feature is learning resuscitation not only for adults but for children, infants and newborns. Adult revival of stopped heart and lungs is “chest compression”: the heel of the hand on the center of the chest, both hands stacked, body weight, pressing so the ribs sink 5 centimeters. Doing that to a small child would crush them, so “children” under 16 are pressed with one palm on the lower half of the sternum, “infants” under 1 with two fingers a little below the chest center — the advanced course needs this “switching.”
They also learned AED operation, first aid (burns, fracture fixation, triangular-bandage wrapping and more), foreign-body removal and carrying methods.
After the full course, Fire Department–certified “advanced lifesaving skill certificates” were issued.
Participants were from the following firms. Thank you for the effort. (A–Z in Japanese order)
NTT Business Associe, Osaka Soda, Curry Shop Takasago, Daiwa Real Estate Appraisal, Tochigi Kisen, Tonifor T.S., Palaceside Dental, Palaceside Building Post Office, Hanko, Pets Best Small-Amount Short-Term Insurance, Mainichi Advertising, Mynavi, The Mainichi Newspapers, Mainichi Shimbun Tokyo Center, Mainichi Shimbun Net, Marubeni Utility Service, Media Do, United & Collective, and three partners (Aing, Globe Ship, Seibi)