First aid workshop
Exploring, having fun, investigating, being curious and grazed knees are all part of growing up and helping a child develop to their full potential.
Children should not be wrapped up in cotton wool but learn to cope with risk and make judgements using experience, education and knowledge.
Children have the right to grow where they can test their limits without the risk of serious injury. A bruise or minor injury is acceptable and part of growing up but an injury causing permanent disability or life threatening is not.
In the England & Wales in 2006, 270 children aged under 15 died as the result of injury or poisoning.
Accidental injury is one of the biggest single cause of death in the UK for children over the age of one. More children die each year as the result of accidents than from illnesses such as leukaemia or meningitis.
Every year over 2 million children are taken to a hospital after having an accident. Around half of these accidents happen at home. These are the accidents we know about. Many more children are hurt in accidents but are treated at home or by a family doctor and so are not counted in official statistics.
In Jersey in 2010 4,225 children a year under the age of 17 years attended the accident department because of an accidental injury. Out of this number 89 children were admitted into hospital because of their injuries.
In 2005 the Jersey ambulance service answered 333 emergency calls involving children.
This workshop is run by the States of Jersey Ambulance Service, where children will need to deal with an unconscious person.
This workshop is run by the States of Jersey Ambulance Service, where children will need to deal with an unconscious person.Students will;
• Recognise and safely deal with an accident
• Contact the Ambulance Service and give accurate, concise information
The main messages are
• Importance of assessing the situation – possible harm to self
• Discuss the right way to administer First Aid when dealing with the casualty
• Exploration of the cause of the accident
Appropriate Action
• Make the area safe
• Check for breathing and signs of life
• Call for help
• Place person in the recovery position
