First aid skills for children
Learn first aid skills
Learn first aid skills by following the characters and their stories. Start with the activities on this page to introduce first aid and then choose from the first aid skills below.
Learning objectives
- Understand what first aid is and why it is important
- Explain some situations where someone might need to do first aid
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Why is first aid important?
Use this activity to help children actively debate why first aid is important.
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Why is first aid important? – learn activity
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Why is first aid important? - PowerPoint
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Why is first aid important? - agree and disagree wall signs
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Giving first aid
Use this activity to help children think about why and when people might need first aid.
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Giving first aid – outline of a person worksheet
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Giving first aid - PowerPoint
Choose a first aid skill
Here you can learn and practise eight first aid skills
Asthma attack
How to help someone who is having an asthma attack
Bleeding
How to help someone who is bleeding a lot
Broken bone
How to help someone who might have a broken bone
Burns
How to help someone who has a burn
Choking
How to help someone who is choking
Head injury
How to help someone who has hurt their head
Unresponsive and breathing
How to help someone who won’t wake up and is breathing
Unresponsive and not breathing
How to help someone who won’t wake up and is not breathing
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Guidance and support for educators
This section includes curriculum links, an educator guide and everything you need to get started.