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Felix Austin ‘A’ crowned GPF’s Smellie Cup Champs
In an afternoon filled with music and brilliant displays of improvisation, the Guyana
Winners, Felix Austin Police College ‘A’ team conducting an exercise in a simulated environment.
Police Force (GPF)’s Annual Smellie Cup First Aid Competition concluded yesterday with the Felix Austin Police College ‘A’ team being crowned champions with an impressive 2950 points.
Coming in second was the Felix Austin ‘B’ with 2,816 points followed by Immigration (2,755) and the Finance Office (2,395).
Those four teams made it to the finals, knocking out 11 others.
Participants were required to provide answers on the definition of a fracture, list the types of wounds and to state the treatment required for burn victims, amongst others.
The competition also consisted of a practical segment where the teams were required to conduct themselves in a simulated environment consistent with that of an actual accident scene.
This simulation resulted in members of the Joint Services pouring onto the Tactical Services Unit Square, Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, dramatising as the top brass of the joint services, judges and other attendees looked on attentively.
For the judges to determine the best practical display, each team was given an opportunity to enact a scene in which it was required to render first aid services to an injured person who suffered a broken arm, broken finger and several abrasions about his body, from a motorcycle accident.
Constable Prince receiving the “Best First Aider” Award from the ‘A’ Division Commander, Clifton Hicken.
Most teams used crowd-clearing techniques and traffic control demonstrations before attending to the casualty.
Delivering remarks at the event was ‘A’ Division Commander and Assistant Commissioner of Operations (Acting), Clifton Hicken.
The Commander reminded the teams that despite the fact one team would have outshone the rest, they were all winners since they would have endured the competition to make it this far.
Hicken impressed upon the participants that they could all make a difference and applauded the organisers for keeping the tradition alive.
He also saluted the Guyana Red Cross Society and lauded their involvement in the process, at a time when the Force is aiming to have all its members equipped with the know how to render assistance to victims of accidents.
The Commander emphasised that this knowledge is important since the police are often the first persons on the scene of an accident.
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