Basic First Aid

Family Adventure

GOAL: Learn first aid so you can help people who are injured.

The ADVENTURE: Choose and complete a few of the areas listed in the Resource area

TIPS:

Help each child make a homemade gift for their mentor

Let the family members help plan a Mentor Appreciation event where they can invite their mentors/mentees

RESOURCES

🏥 Discuss injuries that may require first aid attention:

🩹Scratches, scrapes and cuts

🩹Burns

🩹Bites

🩹Wasp stings

🩹Allergic reactions

🏥 Learn basic first aid concepts

When someone is hurt, it’s best to find an adult who can help. But when adults are not available, the children may need to take care of it themselves. Teach them the following steps to treat simple wounds:

🩹Find an adult, if available.

🩹For wounds: CLEAN the wound, APPLY pressure (to stop bleeding), antibiotic ointment, a bandage.

🩹For burns: put honey on the burn. Run cold water over the burn.

🩹Burns, bruises and insect bites: applying ice can help relieve the pain, swelling, and itching.

🩹Here are some websites to check out: 7 Life-saving Skills, Important First Aid Skills, Emergency First Aid,

🏥 Role-play potential situations where first aid may be needed and let everyone practice.

🏥 Have a nurse or other qualified professional teach your family more advanced first aid skills like CPR.

🏥 Discuss alternative options for basic first aid such as using alcohol to clean wounds, a bandana as a sling, other types of tape in place of first aid tape, or using clean clothing to cover the wound.√ Discuss how to get help in an emergency.

🩹When and how do you call 911 ?

🩹Make sure everyone knows your home address.

🩹Identify neighbors family members could go to in an emergency.

🩹Identify other trusted adults to call or contact in the event of an emergency.

Pre-K Adventure

First off, teach by example. When someone is injured, keep your cool. Calmly show them how to correctly wash a wound. Get some cheap bandaids and allow your child to help apply them.

Community Engagement Adventure

Host an interactive community role playing game. Have a few “actors” on “stage” that are pretending to have various injuries (broken bones, bleeding gashes, cuts, burns, bug bites and stings etc.), illnesses (heat exhaustion, heat stroke, hypothermia, allergic reactions, etc), and shock. Use props and makeup, if desired. Also have some medical supplies on hand. Have the actors ask the audience members for help in first aid treatment.

Teen Adventure

Help your teenager assemble a first aid kit that they can carry with them in their backpack or car.

Photo Location

Take a picture of your family learning and practicing first aid and post it to social media with the hashtags #savelives