Licking County, Newark – People with first aid training are the ones who get to those having a heart attack or serious injuries, providing them with urgent care and temporary treatment before they would get advanced treatment for the patient.
People who are suffering from mental illness, addiction, and any behavioral issues need similar aid, especially when they are in the middle of such crisis. If they can’t find an urgent care near me facility, someone out there should help. The executive director of both Knox and Licking counties, Kay Spergel said someone who is capable of assessing the signs and helping those patients get treatment can certainly make a big difference.
Licking County’s Mental Health America and the Mental Health and Recovery agencies have been providing the community residents and companies a big opportunity in learning about mental health first aid. Both offices have been offering first aid training and seminars for the past few months now.
The training programs have also served as urgent care clinics among the different communities in several states. The main advocacy of the program is to encourage people to spread the word, as well as to encourage them to attend or sponsor the information session for free at the Licking County library on Wednesday.
Officials said those who attend the seminar will also be given an opportunity to register for another 8-hour session for free. People in communities should consider such offer, considering it as an urgent care clinic for themselves and those around them. The seminar will be short, but will provide valuable information in dealing with emergency cases and mental-related circumstances.
Historically, the first aid training was only offered to those in the law enforcement, school staff, hospital employees, and college staff. However, Spergel said the training can become highly beneficial to anyone. She emphasized that the training is almost similar to that of the CPR, educating people to recognize the symptoms or signs of illnesses, and providing them the basic knowledge of how they could help.
Spergel also pointed out that having more people trained in the mental health first aid will provide those in need of assistance the help they need quickly, involving events that require urgency and circumstances that happen suddenly.
Both residents and those in workplaces are encouraged to participate in the training scheduled Wednesday. Although the seminar will be brief, it will be educational for all. Spergel said the first aid training is their contribution to the overall health and well being of the entire Licking County community, their way of contributing something and giving back.
