Discovery Monday: Fetch the engine! Fetch the engine!

The demonstration by the CERN Fire Brigade at the last Discovery Monday at Microcosm proved a roaring success. The range of workshops on offer captured the imagination of young and old alike. Everybody had the chance to slip into the role of a rescuer for the evening and to become acquainted with different first aid techniques.


In order for the accident simulations to appear more realistic, the firemen put their excellent make-up skills to good use. The audience was completely taken in!


Follow the rope! A simple yet vital exercise: how to find your way in a room that is ablaze and filled with smoke, where there is virtually no visibility. All you need to do is use the lifeline consisting of several strands of differing lengths to find your way out or to the source of the fire.


The victim is carried on a stretcher but he is comfortable thanks to the rescuers from the Hazardous Environments Response Team.


The fundamental steps of first aid can be learnt at all ages! Knowing how to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation or a cardiac massage is to know how to save a life!


The next Discovery Monday is 1 March.