Medical student turns primary school teacher
Mildura Year 3 student, Travis Taggert, was recently asked by a local school teacher if he could run a couple of workshops for some grade 5/6 school children at St Paul’s Primary School in Mildura, an invitation he gladly accepted.
At the time the classes had just started a new unit of work about the human body and how to best keep themselves fit and healthy. Travis determined that the foundation of any first aid situation, learning DRSABCD, would be a good start for the students and also fun and interesting to learn.
Step by step, the children were taught how to recognise an emergency situation, were directed through each phase of the action plan and were given the opportunity to put these skills into practice in a simulated situation. These steps are the major considerations for anyone involved in the care and treatment of people in a first aid situation.
Throughout the workshop, the students were given the opportunity to build from their prior knowledge and extend their understanding of each stage through a combination of theoretical and practical experiences. Travis observed that it was great to see the students have so much fun with what they were learning, and hewas able to see them put their newly acquired skills into practice.