Spring 2013

Number 37

IMP ortant News For schools

Cropredy Community AED
Following the I.M.P.S. visit last year from Cropredy Primary school, local GP Dr Barry Tucker was inspired to work with Cropredy Parish Council to install a public access Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on the outside wall of the GP surgery. Read the Banbury Guardian article here.

Cropredy School really value and support the work of I.M.P.S. Each year our Year 6 pupils learn such vital first aid and lifesaving skills, enabling them to become confident young members of the community who can cope with emergency situations. Year 6 pupils are delighted to see the arrival of the public access AED in their community.
Caroline Tucker. year 6 teacher Cropredy

I.M.P.S. is delighted to have played a part in inspiring the community of Cropredy to install a public access AED. Prompt use of an AED following sudden cardiac arrest can increase the chances of survival by 75%.
Lynn Pilgrim. Oxfordshire I.M.P.S. Manager.

We at the surgery have enjoyed taking part in this

brilliant initiative for the community. Thanks to the I.M.P.S. trainers for the inspiration and raising awareness of defibrillators in the pupils at the village school. I have enjoyed working with the parish council and the Community heartbeat Trust to complete this project. I would also like to thank the community volunteers for offering their time and support.
Barry Tucker. GP Cropredy surgery

The children from Cropredy school, their teachers Caroline Tucker and Hilary Stevens, Dr Barry Tucker , Community Volunteers and I.M.P.S. trainers Sue and Juliette with the new community AED . I.M.P.S. is part of the OUH NHS Trust Charitable Fund number 1057295

I am really proud of myself Lily

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Sparkle at the I.M.P.S. ball on November 16th 2013.

We are just beginning to organise our 9th Biennial I.M.P.S. fundraising ball. Why don't you keep the date free and bring your friends along for a night of dancing, entertainment and a three course meal in the lovely surroundings of Hawkwell House Hotel, Iffley. Nr Oxford. Tickets will be on sale from June. More details will follow soon.

I.M.P.S. is a member of the LASER Alliance which is a nationwide network of safety education practitioners who share best practise in delivering high quality practical safety education. (HQPSE) The LASER alliance promote the ten principles of effective safety education which underpins the alliances definition of HQPSE Lynn is a regional champion for the alliance in the South.

We would like to wish Caroline Darnell all the best for the London marathon next month. Caroline is the business manager at Wheatley School and will be running the marathon for I.M.P.S. If you would like to sponsor Caroline and help I.M.P.S. please visit her just giving page on

http://www.justgiving.com/Caroline-Darnell

I.M.P.S. is part of the OUH NHS Trust Charitable Fund number 1057295

'I.M.P.S. empowers young people to take personal responsibility for their own risk management and equips them with the skills to cope in an emergency situation.'

Have you taken our emergency department tour online yet?

The resource can be accessed by clicking here or from our website www.impsweb.co.uk and click on Schools Platform. (log on details are sent with the follow up activities email.) Follow James, Mark and Lottie, when they attend A&E with an injury. Find out about their treatment and how it could be prevented. Take part in quizzes, watch films and learn all about A&E with the I.M.P.S. computer resource. Contact us for log in details

Please help to evaluate the resource by filling in a short survey.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7PFXLJG

Kieran Suchet is the voice over artist for the I.M.P.S. online resource and he has joined our abseil team (even though he is nervous of heights!) If you would like to sponsor Kieran please click here.

Join the I.M.P.S. abseil team

We are entering a team of 20 brave people to abseil 100 feet from the roof of the Womens Centre on Sunday May 12th. If you would like to join us and help to raise money towards your next year 6 I.M.P.S. visit please click here for an entry form or contact us. So far we have abseilers from the following schools: Charlton, Bure Park, St Barnabas, SS Mary and John, St Helen and St Katherine, Bloxham. Contact us if you would like to sponsor any members of the team or join in. We still have a few places remaining.

I.M.P.S. is part of the OUH NHS Trust Charitable Fund number 1057295

Well done to Lily and Ben

Using I.M.P.S. skills We have heard from 2 pupils who recently used skills learnt at I.M.P.S. in an emergency situation. Lily from The Batt School in Witney used back slaps when her younger sister choked. Ben from Fir Tree School in Wallingford was able to give his mum sensible and calm advice about keeping his brothers airway open when they were waiting for an ambulance. Bens brother had a febrile convulsion. We are delighted that I.M.P.S. gave these children the confidence and skills to help in these emergency situations involving their siblings. We are pleased that they both made a full recovery.

The Arrhythmia Alliance has very kindly provided these booklets for every student that has attended an I.M.P.S. visit. The booklets reinforce and build upon the information provided by I.M.P.S. about AEDs Please contact us to request copies for your students if you did not receive them following your visit.

Click here for a short film about how the heart works, what happens in a cardiac emergency and how the AED works to stabilise the heart beat. If you have time before the end of term, please watch this with your class and let us know what you think.

I.M.P.S. is part of the OUH NHS Trust Charitable Fund number 1057295

More than 300 children are rushed to hospital each week with hot drink scalds. Most of them are very young children aged just one or two. (source CAPT)
Thank you to the following schools for making a donation towards I.M.P.S. this academic year. All money raised by your school will be used towards I.M.P.S. visits for your future year 6s.

All Saints Didcot Bloxham Checkendoncake sale Crowmarsh Gifford Drayton Faringdon Brookside John Blandy Leafield Middle Barton St Hughs cake sale (pics below) St Andrewssold programmes and refreshments at school production St Edmunds for their Fruity Friday St Nicholas Abingdonprepared and sold first aid leaflets

Stephen Freeman Bishop LovedayChristmas performance and art gallery Enstonecake sale John Watson Ewelme The Manor Preparatory St Josephs RC Banbury Beckley St Amands Millbrook Our Lady Abingdon Sibford Gower Buckland St Marys RC Bicester St Leonards Banbury

Debbie was presented with a cheque from Daisy at St Hughs school. The money was raised from a very special cake sale and competition.
Some of the lovely cakes on sale

We will provide certificates to all schools that organise a fund raising event for us

Thank you to every school that has contributed towards our fundraising. So far we have raised 6361 this financial year. Donations can be made on line at http://www.justgiving.com/impsoxford

I.M.P.S. is part of the OUH NHS Trust Charitable Fund number 1057295

I have tried out the recovery position on my dad and found out where our power box is Cropredy Primary

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I told my 8 year old brother all the things I learnt.

Witney Community Primary School

I found I.M.P.S. really fun and interesting. As soon as I got back home I told my mum and dad all the things I learnt from the course . They were both really pleased and surprised about how much I took in. Thank you to all the people who made the day brilliant

St Michaels Steventon

We love getting letters and comments via our website especially when the children and (teachers) tell us what they have learnt.
I liked the role play bits as it makes learning fun
Cropredy Primary

I am a qualified first aider and I learnt things that I never knew before
Enstone Primary School

When I was in year 6 I went to I.M.P.S. and it made me feel like I can be a doctor and when I went to secondary and chose my options I chose health and social care double so thank you. I am now year 9
Ex St Leonards pupil

We had a young boy who had to have his head strapped down to the trolley because of a suspected neck injury. He said he wasn't afraid at all because he had visited the department with I.M.P.S.

Nurse in emergency department JRH.

I.M.P.S. is part of the OUH NHS Trust Charitable Fund number 1057295

Remember to log on to the I.M.P.S. evaluation on line quiz pre and post intervention www.impsquiz.co.uk

Oxfordshire Child Safety Partnership

A number of safety education practitioners have joined together to form the Oxfordshire Child Safety Partnership, ensuring that we are working together to deliver high quality safety education. The organisations that are involved are: We were very lucky to I.M.P.S. have a presentation St John Ambulance Red Cross from Ian Evans Oxfordshire Playing Fields Association Senior Consultant from Public Health Cherwell District Council the Child Youth Offending Service Accident Prevention Red Cross Trust (CAPT) Positive Futures Oxford City Council RNLI Early intervention Oxfordshire County Council and West Oxfordshire Thames Valley Schools LiaisonSouth and Vale Drug Education Oxford City Council Play Association

I.M.P.S. monthly emails We continue to send you topical and targeted emails on the first Tuesday of every month. These often link into the key stage 2 resource. If you need a replacement CD, please contact us. Please let us know if you wish to receive any archived emails and suggested activities or if you have any requests for specific topics. The topic in March was fire safety.

Contacts: Lynn Pilgrim. Oxfordshire I.M.P.S. Manager. 01865 743475 Debbie Lock. I.M.P.S. Outreach Project Manager. 01865 743476
I.M.P.S. Office, Level 4, Academic Centre. John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington. Oxford. OX3 9DU

Have a safe and enjoyable Easter break.

I.M.P.S. is part of the OUH NHS Trust Charitable Fund number 1057295