New Zealand Red Cross People Savers is a free four or five hour course. This active, student orientated programme introduces children to first aid and how to react in emergency situations.
People Savers is designed for 8 to 12-year-olds. Each student receives a certificate upon completion of the course. The course is organised around a workbook, which the students complete, and covers the following topics:
• DANGERS at an accident scene
• How to call for HELP
• Care of an UNCONSCIOUS person
• Treatment for CHOKING
• Treatment for BLEEDING
• Recognition and treatment for SHOCK
• Recognition and treatment for BROKEN BONES
• Prevention and treatment for POISONS
• Treatment for BURNS
The programme is very successful and popular with participants - but best of all it saves lives!
In September 2008, 10-year-old Shane Tuariki performed the Heimlich manoeuvre on five-year-old Joshua Tu'uu who was choking on a cracker during afternoon tea, while the supervising teacher was taking a phone call.
Only three days later, 10-year-old Larissa Miller, from the same school, performed the same manoeuvre on her three-year-old sister Olivia who had swallowed a marble while her Mum was busy cleaning. Both Shane and Larissa had attended an after-school People Savers first aid programme at their Naenae, Wellington school, provided by Red Cross. [Source: The Dominion Post, 15/9/08, Page 3, Two brave little lifesavers].
In June 2009, nine-year-old Cody Gelling performed the Heimlich manoeuvre on his three-year-old brother, Logan, who had swallowed a small key-ring and had run away, choking. Cody had attended a Red Cross Peoples Savers first aid course at his Lake Rotoiti School only days earlier. [Source: Nelson Mail, 16/6/09, Page 1, No choke with Cody to the rescue].
People Savers is most commonly delivered in schools, but we also deliver for community groups and service organisations. To find out more about People Savers contact us.
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