First Aid Training in Schools

If first aid training were a mandatory requirement for children where they would learn a bit more each year, going from the very basics such as identifying an emergency situation and knowing when to call 911, later advancing to CPR and AED training think about the number of qualified people that would be present in the event of a medical emergency.

It might begin by teaching kids how to identify, cope and deal with an emergency. These are vital skills that should not be optional but rather mandatory for school children. This is certainly one way to get the message out into the public by offering mandatory, through out the school year, no cost first aid training.

This will help children and teens to be trained in first aid life supporting skills and to know what to do in the event of a medical emergency situation. As it stands now, no one really knows who or how many people have life saving skills within a typical school day, including faculty. Some schools still have school nurses but many do not.

This would generally be a subject of interest to school aged people although it has been noted that CPR would not be introduced until late middle school or high...