We are People Savers!!

Today Rima from New Zealand Red Cross came to our school to deliver the People Savers Programme. First we learnt how to put someone into the recovery position. If someone is unconscious you put them on their side, in the recovery position so they don't choke on their tongue or their vomit. We also learnt how to help a person who is choking. Gillian was an amazing patient. Rima used Gillan as a model to demonstrate what to do if a person is bleeding and has an object stuck in their wound. We learnt that you never remove the object from the wound. The limb must be elevated, then pressure is applied before dressing the wound. You should always ask an adult to help you with this. We got to have a turn at dressing each others arms and making a sling. Rima also taught us how to find our pulse. We discovered that our pulse is quicker after physical activity. We learnt a lot today and enjoyed all the 'hands on' activities. At the end of the day we were each presented with our own People Savers certificate from Red Cross.

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