Ambulance Visit

Today, we had a very exciting morning!  We were very lucky to have the crew in from Premier Care Direct who brought an ambulance with them!
The children are had so much fun learning about what an Ambulance does and how it helps people. 
The children were split into 3 different groups and all groups rotated around the different activities.
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One of the activities was learning how to apply bandages to people who are bleeding. Children learnt that when someone is bleeding we need to look after ourselves by wearing gloves so that we don't get an infection from the person we are treating. The children had lots of fun applying bandages to themselves and the grown ups who were in their groups!

Another activity was learning how to carry out CPR. Children learnt that CPR is needed if a persons heart has stopped bleeding. Children learnt of the important number to ring in an emergency (999) and different scenarios were discussed to check whether they should ring 999 or speak to another person who helps us such as a teacher.  Children also learnt what would happen if they called 999 for fun. Children know that they need to check if a person if responsive by holding their shoulders and shouting their name. They learnt to put their ear to the individuals mouth to check to see if they can hear the person bleeding and that they need to look down at the chest to see if it is moving. Children know how to position their hands together to carry out chest compressions and learnt a second magic number of 30 compression. The children know to keep carrying out compression until help arrives unless they feel tired when they can then take a break. Children KNOW that they can not do CPR on any siblings at home,
Staff in this group also learnt that we should not tickle babies feet as this can send them into shock - class staff were quite shocked to learn this!

The final activity, and the most exciting was going out to the ambulance! Children learnt about the different parts of the ambulance and what they were used for such as the stretcher and wheelchair. Children got to sit in this and were taken up into the ambulance in the wheelchair if they wished to do so! The very best part for the children was to sit in the front of the ambulance, count to 3 and then put the lights and sirens on! 

The children thoroughly enjoyed this enrichment activity and the grown ups in class could see that we have some very caring and helpful children in our class, who would make fantastic doctors, nurses and paramedics when they are older!