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YOUNG ELTHAM
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Life
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Saving
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Skills
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If you can keep your head
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when all around are
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cutting hair…
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Fifteen
year old middle of
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Hannah an epilep-
Smart proved herself to be the tic fi t and
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sharpest operator while on work none of
experience at Mirror Images hair the adults
stylists in William Barefoot Drive,
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p r e s e n t
Coldharbour. knew what
Seeing a man slumped in to do.
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a shop doorway, Hannah was “Hannah put towels under lon said:
warned by staff to keep away for his head, as he was lying on wet “I just stood there like a bit
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her own safety, thinking him to damp concrete, put him in the of a spare part but Hannah was
be a drunk. recovery position and held his amazing. She was calm and knew 33
But using the knowledge re- hand, talking to him to keep him exactly what to do.”
cently acquired at a school fi rst conscious. The man came round Hannah said:
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aid class, Hannah recognised the but immediately went into a sec- “We’d had some lessons in fi rst
symptoms of an epileptic fi t. ond seizure which Hannah knew aid at Eltham Hill, so I recognised
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Her prompt action and self- was the normal reaction. the man was having a fi t.
confi dent handling of the situa- “Hannah was the only person “I knew what to do and just
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tion has won her a Diana Award, present who knew what to do. got on with it.”
named after the late Princess and She had been warned not to ap-
celebrating the achievements of proach in case there was a risk
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Symptoms
young people. to herself but she ignored this in
She looked after the man, her willingness to help him. She
 Loss of consciousness, body stiff ens, 43
called an ambulance and used demonstrated great maturity and
jerking movements, blue tinge
the right life-saving skills to en- a calm head, having the initiative
around the mouth
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sure there was no permanent and presence of mind with the
 Protect the person from injuring
injury. inner confi dence to work well
themselves
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Her citation from Eltham Hill under pressure.”
 Cushion their head
Technology College for Girls So impressed were the staff at
 Look for an epilepsy identity card
reads: “Hannah was undertaking Mirror Images that they decided
 Aid breathing by placing them in the
a two week placement and saw a course in basic emergency fi rst
recovery position
a man lying on the ground shak- aid was a must.
More details:
ing. She realised he was in the Kayley Hopkins from the sa-
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