St John's Ambulance training - how to stop bleeding
St John's Ambulance training - how to stop bleeding
As part of the PSHE curriculum, Year 5 took part in First Aid training provided by St John’s Ambulance, learning how to help someone who is bleeding.
The children started by learning some basic anatomy, including what blood is made of and how it travels inside our body. They also understood that blood provides the whole body with many essential substances needed to survive.
Year 5 then learnt some of the symptoms to look out for, if one suspects someone could be bleeding from a serious injury. The children found out that they can help someone by staying calm, calling for help, offering reassurance, the best positions to place someone in and the importance of applying pressure to the wound. Specifically, Year 5 used role-play to place each other in the best position, so they could treat someone experiencing a nosebleed, a bleed from a limb or try to prevent them going into shock. As some of the children have experience of nosebleeds themselves, it was great to hear them share their valuable advice.
Learning basic first aid skills is an important part of the curriculum, because it provides the pupils with valuable life skills, that could make a difference in an emergency.
