We are proud to introduce to you, one of your esteemed and popular first aid tutors, John Gilmour.

John Gilmour was a nurse for 40 years for the NHS and retired 2019.  He is now a First Aid tutor for Courses4u.

He teaches a long list of related topics as well as first Aid in the Manchester area.  When Covid-19 hit the country, he returned to nursing on a temporary basis in the A&E at Tameside Hospital.  He has now “retired” once more.

He realised that patients who were ready for discharge from the hospital were not being taken home as quickly as one might have hoped.  The vehicles that are normally used to take patients home only operate during the daytime and John has arranged with the hospital to be able to take people home during the evening.

John managed to buy and service a previously used ambulance up to standard.  It has now been taken into service and it will be crewed by Community volunteers.

John has provided the volunteers with First Aid training, and of course, he will need to ensure they are CRB checked before they can start transporting members of the public.

John is great example of not just one our most loved tutors but a great example of a human being.  He works tirelessly for charity and doesn’t stop thinking of ways to help people.