What are the contents of child safety and first aid training

The core is actually centered around the two major directions of "pre-risk prevention" and "emergency emergency response". For different training objects (parents, kindergarten teachers, children themselves, practitioners from outside schools), the content focus will be very different.

In the past two years, I did emergency education in the community and gave more than a dozen related trainings. Before coming, many people thought that the training was just about teaching Heimlich and bandaging. They started asking practical questions. In fact, every time we started, we would spend nearly half of the time talking about "how to prevent accidents from happening." Don’t underestimate these trivial contents. When we last shared with Baoma Market, we just mentioned an alarm we dealt with last week: a 3-year-old child in the community pulled off the tablecloth and removed the kettle and burned his chest. Instantly, the audience exploded. Many parents said that they were also used to putting the kettle next to the dining table and never realized that this was a hidden danger. We will take you through the risks of daily high-frequency scenarios: whether the safety buckle of the cabinet door at home can be easily picked open by the baby, whether the protective plug of the socket is of a style that cannot be picked out by the baby, and whether there are even small particles in the snack can that can be inserted into the nostrils. These contents may not sound technical, but they are the key to reducing 80% of children's accidents.

Of course, the first aid treatment part that everyone is most concerned about is not less, but the difference between children's first aid operations and adults is much greater than many people imagine. Let’s talk about the Heimlich maneuver that everyone is most familiar with. Infants and young children under one year old cannot stand and pat the back and press the belly. The adult must sit down, put the baby on the forearm, and pat the middle of the shoulder blades with the head lowered and the feet raised. The force should not be too strong. Last time, a father shared his experience My own experience was that my baby got a gummy candy stuck. He followed the video on the Internet and pressed hard. The candy came out, but the baby’s belly was red for three days. We corrected the angle of exerting force on the spot - tapping with the heel of the palm with some skill, not with brute force. There is another controversial point in the industry: If a child suffers a sudden cardiac arrest and there are no child-specific AED electrodes at the scene, can the adult version be used for emergency response? When we went to villages and towns to preach before, an old village doctor who had been working for decades said that it was best to wait for special ones, otherwise children would be easily burned. However, according to the latest international first aid guidelines, if there is an emergency and there are no children's models, adult electrode pads can also be used. It is better than doing nothing. We will make both points clear every time and let everyone weigh it according to the situation on site.

If training is given to practitioners in kindergartens and day care institutions, the content will also include scenario-based emergency dispatch. After all, they are dealing with a group of children, and it is impossible to just focus on one person if there is an accident. A childcare teacher once said that she had encountered a dozen children in the class who had eaten unwashed mulberries and had diarrhea. She was in a panic and didn't know which one to send first. We will talk about how to judge the priority of this kind of mass incident: first screen for serious cases of unconsciousness, convulsions and vomiting, and then contact parents and ambulances. Don't get confused and delay things.

If the training target is the children themselves, the logic of the content will be completely different. They will not be taught complicated first aid operations. They will only be taught some little knowledge that they can use themselves: if your nose bleeds, don’t raise your head and pinch your nose. When crossing the road, look at the oncoming car instead of the toy in your hand. When calling 120, you need to be able to clearly explain which building and unit your home is in, and even how to refuse snacks from strangers, and shout "I don't know him" when being dragged away. These contents may not seem to have anything to do with "first aid", but they can help children avoid most risks that come to their door.

To put it bluntly, we often make an analogy to our students. These contents are like installing two sets of equipment for a child's growth: the usual safety precautions are reflective strips, which can block the risk from a long distance. If you really don't avoid it, the first aid skill is the brake in your hand, which can minimize the damage as soon as possible. Without either, it will not work.