Street first aid - session overview
Based around a narrative, our interactive sessions teach students how to deal with an emergency first aid situation.
Our facilitators will help to build students’ confidence by teaching them simple, easy-to-remember first aid skills, such as:
- responding to a catastrophic bleed
- dealing with alcohol or drug intoxication
- performing a primary survey and CPR
- recognising the signs of deteriorating mental health after dealing with a first aid incident.
Sessions can be 60, 90, or 120 minutes long.
Who delivers the session?
All of our sessions are organised and delivered by our team of Young Responder experts. The team is made up of both coordinators who liaise with the schools to tailor the programme to the students needs; and facilitators, who will attend and run the face to face session in schools.
Whilst the sessions are in progress teachers should remain present to ensure that all pupils needs can be accomodated.
What is the difference between Young Responders and other St John Ambulance programmes?
Can I book more than one session?
How much will it cost my school to take part?
What if I need to change arrangements or cancel?
Will you take photos and videos in the sessions?
Does my school need to be part of St John Ambulance or have first aid knowledge to be included?
How do you store information?
All information is stored in line with St John Ambulance Data Protection and GDPR regulations. Please read our privacy policy for more information.
How long will it take to set up and pack away equipment and who does this?
How many students can take part in a session?
How long are sessions and who will deliver them?
Where should the session take place?
Can sessions be adapted for students with SEND?
Do teachers need to be present for the whole session?
Yes, teachers or other approved school staff should be present throughout the session in line with our safeguarding policy. The Facilitator is not responsible for the students during the session and we reserve the right to decline or withdraw from the session if suitable supervision is not provided throughout.
It is also important for someone to be present that the students recognise incase they become uncomfortable with any of the subjects being discussed.
What resources will be provided by St John Ambulance, and what will the school need to provide?
St John Ambulance will provide all the resources needed for the session to be engaging, interactive and interesting for the students. Our Facilitators will also bring along a range of printed handouts for the students.
If your school is located in the West Midlands or North East England then your Facilitator will bring all the resources with them and take them with them at the end of the session.
If your school is located in London, your Coordinator will arrange for the resources to be delivered the working day before your planned session and collected the working day after your session. This will be discussed as part of the booking process and we do ask that resources are stored securely before and after the session is delivered and a named contact remains responsible for them during this time.
We need the Schools to provide a space to demonstrate, a couple of tables and chairs, paper, pencils, sticky notes and if available a whiteboard/screen and flip chart would be helpful too.
What other programmes are available for young people?
At St John ambulance, we have been working with young people for over 100 years. Youth volunteering is at the heart of the volunteer experience, and we have many programmes available to young people.
Take a look at our other programmes here.
