Practise first aid skills

Once your group have learned a range of first aid skills they can practise them to check what they have learned and put their skills into action.  The activity ideas below can be used in group settings, they are interactive and fast paced to remind learners of what to do when someone needs first aid.

Practise activity ideas

Skills practise

Learners practise doing the skills they've learned by miming the action or practising the action on a manikin. Encourage learners to do it in pairs and review and support each other to check they are performing the action correctly.

Skills carousel

Learners practise identifying the first aid injury/illness and the correct action needed to help by moving between first aid stations in a carousel. Someone at each station reads out the signs and symptoms that person is showing and the learners identify what it is and how they should help.

Everyday first aid items

Show learners a selection of everyday items they could find around their house or on their person and ask them to match the item to the skill and describe how they would use it to help.

Role play

In small groups, encourage learners to read through the selection of role play cards on each first aid skill page and discuss the different people involved, how they helped and how they could help differently in the future. Use a selection of other activities to perform these role plays and investigate the key moments of the story.