Yesterday in PE, we were visited by Damian from St Johns Ambulance. Damian spent the day with us running The St John First Aid in Schools Program. The program is designed to equip students with confidence and vital skills to help in an emergency. Through this program St John Ambulance Tasmania is reaching its goal of making first aid part of every Tasmanian’s life. The program has 5 modules across primary and secondary schools. The knowledge and skills gained in yesterday’s sessions developed our first aid awareness!

Our early childhood students discussed what first aid is, checking for danger, who can help, calling an ambulance, how to assist someone with a nosebleed and burns, action plan DRS, and putting on roller and triangular bandages. They were also given roller and triangular bandages to take home.
Our upper primary students discussed the action plan DRSABCD, who can help, calling an ambulance, managing an unconscious patient, CPR, defibrillation (AED) demonstration, managing open wounds and choking, how to apply bandages and use a face shield. They were given a face shield to take home!

I feel confident that our students would be able to assist someone in need, so if you ever need help at Molesworth we have some very knowledgeable students who will be able to assist you!

We thank Damian for sharing his knowledge and experiences with us and for the bandages and face shields we were able to take home with us.