Society used to think our kids were more capable. We still think they are.
In this 6-minute class, specifically taught to children, bandaids, bandages, tourniquets, and the recovery position are presented, with a non-scary, age-appropriate demonstration of how to use them.
When you’re done with these free lessons, you might also check out The Softer Side of Crisis Medicine for a similar take on explaining casualty care to kids through the use of a giant stuffed dog: A brief introduction to Tactical Casualty Care, using a giant stuffed dog to make the material accessible to everyone. In this “softer side of Crisis Medicine,” we work through a brief casualty evaluation, start to finish, including blood sweep, tourniquet application, wound packing, bandaging, hypothermia prevention, the recovery position, and casualty movement. Considerations of safety, tactics in providing care, and personal protective equipment are also discussed.
These videos are a great introduction for the casualty care curious, who haven’t decided they’re ready to jump into training, or for kids, provided you talk to them about what they’ve learned. No fake blood or actual photographs are used.
Course Features
- Lectures 2
- Quiz 0
- Duration 6 minutes
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 135
- Certificate Yes
- Assessments Yes
- 1 Section
- 2 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
- Kids Casualty Care2
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My kids (9 and 11) loved this course. The material is simple, straightforward, and kept their attention the entire time. They were able to understand the concepts and were excited to apply tourniquets to each other afterward. They practiced on each other and both were able to successfully apply a CAT tourniquet to an arm and a leg. Bear Under Fire was a big hit as well. There was an audible “woooah” when Bear was drug down the hallway. I think the information in this class is absolutely necessary given the world our kids are growing up in. I highly recommend this course and would love to see more material geared toward children.