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Speaker 1: Seven o two weekend breakfast Healthy Living Living. A's eleven

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Speaker 1: minutes after six o'clock time for us to talk healthy living.

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Speaker 1: It is the long weekend. It is a time that

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Speaker 1: people use for a celebrating their faith, so we know

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Speaker 1: a number of people making their way to various destinations.

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Speaker 1: We know the pilgrimage, the annual pilgrimage to Maria in

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Speaker 1: Lumbobo by the two zet Sc churches also quite a

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Speaker 1: big feature of this year, and so it's meant to

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Speaker 1: be a time for celebration, for reflection. But unfortunately, as

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Speaker 1: we've heard throughout the news since this week, we also

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Speaker 1: know it can be quite a dangerous time. Road fatalities

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Speaker 1: are quite high around the Easter season, as they usually

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Speaker 1: are in December as well. But also stuff happens. Maybe

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Speaker 1: you are at home, the kids are playing in the pool,

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Speaker 1: or kids are playing in the sea, they are injuries,

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Speaker 1: and sometimes we don't know what to do. So that's

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Speaker 1: what we're going to discuss this morning. Are the lives

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Speaker 1: saving tips we all need, especially this weekend it being

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Speaker 1: a long weekend and spending time away from home, but

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Speaker 1: also just generally the things we should be aware of

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Speaker 1: in the case of an emergency. Perhaps you have an

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Speaker 1: emergency question, a life saving question, a tip that you'd

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Speaker 1: like give us a call on A one one, three

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Speaker 1: Advanced Life Support paramedic Warren Hastings. Warren't a very good

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Speaker 1: morning to you, Welcome to weekend breakfast.

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Speaker 2: Good morning googs, and good morning to all your listeners.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your time this morning, So Warren,

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Speaker 1: this is meant to be quite an exciting time. It's

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Speaker 1: the first bit of a break since the years started.

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Speaker 1: Some people are away, people are on the road, traveling

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Speaker 1: to various places for holidays, for church services, et cetera.

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Speaker 1: But it also can be quite a dangerous time because

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Speaker 1: there's just so many moving parts. Were on the road,

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Speaker 1: we're swimming, we're hiking, we're playing in the ocean. There

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Speaker 1: there's a lot that could go wrong. And what are

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Speaker 1: some of the things that you think are the basics

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Speaker 1: that all of us should know going into not just

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Speaker 1: a weekend, but I guess tips we need all the time.

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Speaker 2: Well, thanks Cooks. To really be honest, I think it's

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Speaker 2: really about being aware and conscious of one your surroundings

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Speaker 2: and being prepared for the long weekend, So that would

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Speaker 2: include obviously being patient, especially on the roads. We know

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Speaker 2: that the traffic influx is going to increase. We're all

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Speaker 2: trying to get to our destinations and to really spend

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Speaker 2: that quality time with our families, have a relaxing break

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Speaker 2: and ready to enjoy ourselves. But unfortunately, as you've highlighted,

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Speaker 2: there are the risks that are inherent that we face

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Speaker 2: over these period of time just because obviously of the

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Speaker 2: influx and the numbers of road traffic related accidents. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 2: more people on the roads, more people are going to

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Speaker 2: be outdoors, so we will see the increase in our

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Speaker 2: outdoor activities. Unfortunately, it's not just related to specifically to drowning.

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Speaker 2: We could look at skiing accsent boating accidents. For example.

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Speaker 2: We're fortunate to live in a beautiful country that's under

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Speaker 2: the sunny South African skyd and I can see brash

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Speaker 2: lacing all over the show, so there's the risk of burns.

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Speaker 2: You know, indoors might be a fire that would start.

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Speaker 2: So there's a multitude of different things. In conjunction with

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Speaker 2: not just motor vehicle. It can be motorcyclists, it can

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Speaker 2: be pedestrians, so there's a whole multitude. So I think

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Speaker 2: those are the big factors that we need to look at.

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Speaker 2: It's just really be patient, become have a good time,

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Speaker 2: and just really be prepared for what's coming over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so we know, of course the road fatality is

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Speaker 1: very often the leading cause of those fatalities are speeding,

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Speaker 1: driver fatigue because around this time, as we see as

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Speaker 1: well over Christmas is many of us are driving long distance.

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Speaker 1: You're driving three hours, four hours, six hours even more

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Speaker 2: And so that's why we always encourage the regular breaks.

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Speaker 2: There will be obviously increased policing activity and more visibility

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Speaker 2: And obviously prepare a little bit more time and advance

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Speaker 1: You also mentioned that one of the kind of leading

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Speaker 1: One of the difficulties with dealing with drowning, especially with children,

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Speaker 1: with regards to a preventing drowning. But if you see someone,

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Speaker 2: Perfect, so good. The big thing is is obviously visibility

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Speaker 2: silent It just happens around somebody will notice that a

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Speaker 2: We don't want a secondary and the third and fourth

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Speaker 2: So get them mart, even if you have to use

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Speaker 2: Should the person regain consciousness post CPR, or if there's

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Speaker 1: So when we also look at so you mentioned that

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Speaker 1: potential risk of burns. We are South Africans love a briye,

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Speaker 1: it is our national sport, but we can there can

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Speaker 1: be injuries even as we enjoy a lovely bride. Talk

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Speaker 1: to us about with regards to the things we should

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Speaker 1: be looking out for with burns, but also in the

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Speaker 1: instance that someone does sustain a burn. I don't think

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Speaker 1: many of us know what the right thing to do is,

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Speaker 1: so as to cause you know, to kind of store

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Speaker 2: So the big thing is you hit the nail on

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Speaker 2: the head. We love your brand nation, it's cementous as

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Speaker 2: a nation together, but certainly it is a post for

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Speaker 2: a risk. So obviously the big risk factors are these

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Speaker 2: So from that side, if you're going to if a

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Speaker 2: soon as possible just because of severity or burned mild,

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Speaker 2: obviously further management within an emergency the parking for.

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Speaker 1: And then you also mentioned some of the other injuries

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Speaker 2: What are the things you.

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Speaker 1: Should be thinking about there if you get an injury

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Speaker 2: So a good way to start is to be well

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Speaker 2: But another big factor is to pack an adequate first

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Speaker 2: Depends how deep into the mountains you may be or

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Speaker 2: Also provide bandaging, so to apply compression to help with

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Speaker 2: We'd have to arrange with our search and rescue colleagues

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Speaker 2: and then access that patient out to a close emergency facility.

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Speaker 1: While you mentioned the importance of having an adequate first

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Speaker 1: aid kit, what is an adequate first aid kit? What

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Speaker 1: are the basics must have that should be in your kit?

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Speaker 2: So good, I think everybody will laugh when I say

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Speaker 2: a plaster and an alis paramedicality, we need a plaster.

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Speaker 2: It's one of the few things that we always advise.

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Speaker 2: It is a simple plaster. You're disinfectant, your treeesers, your bandages,

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Speaker 2: Often a space, an emergency blanket, especially if you're lucky

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Speaker 1: That is Advanced Life Support paramedic Warren Hastings joining us

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Speaker 1: this morning giving us some pretty important tips that we need,

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