2019 School & Teacher First Aid Education & Compliance Guide

FAIS

First Aid in Schools

Overview

The FAiS program is provided free of charge to schools and students, and in addition to gaining invaluable knowledge and skills, each child will receive a gift bag with contents that encourage learning retention and engagement with the first aid topic. The program is specifically designed with the kids’ learning in mind. It is interactive, fun and promises to impart a key set of skills that will empower young people with the ability to act in case of an emergency. Since commencement in 2013, St John SA has taught more than 70,000 South Australian primary school students the lifesaving skills of first aid.

Our free First Aid in Schools (FAiS) program teaches lifesaving first aid skills to primary school children and is available for Reception through to Year 7. Our qualified St John first aid trainers come to your school and deliver a first aid course tailored for children. Class times range from 30 to 90 minutes and are adjusted to suit the children’s ages and your school’s lesson times.

A life saved

Brothers Connor and Sam did not expect to find their mother collapsed on the floor while getting ready for school one morning. Luckily the boys had trained in the FAiS program and immediately put their mother into the recovery position, checked her airway

How to get involved

was clear and that she was breathing, and called an ambulance. The skills they learned through FAiS saved their mother’s life that morning. The Courier 2018, How brothers Connor and Sam save their mum in a dire situation, .

It is almost a certainty that at some stage we will all be presented with a scenario that requires first aid treatment. Whether that be a need for personal treatment, or aiding a friend, a family member or indeed a stranger: Having first aid knowledge and skills could mean the difference between life and death. First Aid in Schools is one of our many charitable programs and is funded through our commercial activity, generous sponsors and donations.

What’s in it for the kids... Lifesaving skills: • How to call an ambulance • Danger assessments and personal safety - what to look out for and what to do • Dealing with an unconscious person • Recovery position demonstration and practice • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (from year 5/6+) • Managing injuries, bleeding and possible fractures • How to treat bites and stings • What to do when someone is choking First aid gift bag: • Interactive first aid workbook • Emergency assistance fridge magnet • Encouragement letter to parents

Proud supporters

FREE FIRST AID IN SCHOOLS

• Pencils and a pencil case • Certificate of achievement

Find out more on our new website firstaidinschools.org.au and enquire online or call 1300 78 5646 to book!

Total gift bag value: $7.00

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