However the content of the CD-ROM is also appropriate for:

• Key stage 2 Year 6 and all of Key stages 3, 4 and 5 (England and Wales) 
• Key stage 2 Year 7 and all of Key stages 3, 4 and 5 (Northern Ireland)
• P6, P7 and S1 – S6 pupils (Scotland)

Yes. 
It can be used on individual PCs and installed on your school network (at no extra cost).

• "Those teachers with little background experience or knowledge of first aid will, in no time at all, feel confident using this resource in the classroom." (School Zone evaluation)
• The ‘How To’ section of the kit is especially helpful if you are unsure about first aid or have never taught the subject before. It includes video clips on how to manage a first aid class and first aid demonstrations.

• The Life. Live it. first aid education kit includes a video clip on how to assemble the CPR practice manikin, and step by step guides to practical techniques. (For example: ‘Tying an arm sling’).
• For further support on using the practical materials contact lifeliveit@redcross.org.uk
• In many areas, Red Cross trainers can deliver and support practical skills training for schools – please contact your local branch.

• CD-ROM features flexible lesson plans on ten different first aid topics.
• Each topic can be covered in a single classroom session (30 to 90 minutes). 
• Schemes of work are provided to cover first aid in one session, up to ten sessions.

First aid ‘rights and wrongs’ do not change significantly very frequently. However you can check our keep up to date section for advice on any significant changes.

Every young person can learn and deliver first aid. All activities in the kit can be used and accessed at different levels by all young people. This includes allowing flexibility into how first aid skills are performed, which may be necessary for young people with special and additional educational needs and disabilities.

Here are some suggestions of how topics covered in the Life. Live it. first aid education kit can be tailored for students with different needs - including students with learning disability, students with challenging behaviour, students with physical impairment, deaf /speech impaired students and blind/visually impaired students. You can also refer to our inclusive first aid tips.

• There is a low-likelihood of a successful claim being brought against any educator (or indeed person performing first aid) who has acted reasonably to the best of their ability.
• Despite the thousands of hours of first aid and first aid education provided by British Red Cross staff and volunteers (and those members of the public we have trained), there has not been a successful claim brought against the British Red Cross in the past ten years.
• The risk of a student applying their first aid learning incorrectly should be seen in context. Research shows that many young people are dangerously lacking in first aid skills. A British Red Cross 2006 survey of 11-14 year olds by Carrick James Market Research found that 40 per cent would not put an unconscious person into the recovery position and 25 per cent did not know how to treat a burn correctly. The majority of young people would not know how to help someone who had injured their hand with a knife. Worryingly, 41 per cent would have removed the knife from the wound, and six per cent would have pressed down on the knife. Both these actions would result in increasing blood loss. 
• For young people wanting to know ‘Can I be sued if I get it wrong?’, advice from a lawyer is included in the first aid education kit. It states: “As long as you do your best to help someone who needs it, you should have no need to be worried in this respect”. Hear a note on first aid from our legal team.

• As with any subject involving physical contact with pupils, consideration should be given to how to make the best approach.
• Practical teaching should be carried out in accordance with your school policy.
• However all lessons in the Life. Live it. first aid education kit can be delivered in a theoretical way without practical work involving pupil contact.

Educators have several options with regard to doing practical first aid demonstrations, such as the recovery position or dealing with choking. The Life. Live it. first aid education kit includes clear video demonstrations of techniques and teachers can either:

• pair pupils and get them to copy the video demonstration (single gender pairs recommended)
• or demonstrate it themselves on the ‘patient’.

If the teacher decides to demonstrate these themselves, there are various alternatives:

• A teaching assistant could be used as the ‘patient’.
• Or a volunteer student of the same gender could be used as the ‘patient’.
• For the recovery position, the ‘patient’ will be more comfortable in trousers than a skirt.
• The demonstrator should leave plenty of space around the demonstration – this enables a clear view for the pupils for skill acquisition and avoids misinterpretation of actions.

Key points to remember:

• While demonstrating the treatment, explain carefully what you are doing and check you have the ‘patient’s’ permission for your actions.
• Emphasise to the students that a key factor of first aid is to maintain the dignity of the ‘patient’ and to reassure them.
• Advice can be given, as necessary, on how the position of the ‘patient’ could be changed rather you physically doing the changes.
• Never coach students in small numbers students behind closed doors, even if you are coaching students for first aid competitions.

Skills section
Duke of Edinburgh leaders can use the kit to deliver a first aid programme over three months. The flexible ten-session scheme of work provides opportunities for the group to undertake a wide variety of activities. Many are practical and involve teamwork or small group tasks.

Expedition first aid
This set of additional PowerPoint slides covers a few expedition first aid topics – for example, ticks – which are not on the Life. Live it. CD-ROM. Download the slides for free

The interactive quiz on the CD-ROM provides a fun way to assess your progress. Parts of the quiz can even be used as a revision tool for a Silver group to refresh their Bronze expedition first aid.

Volunteering section
With appropriate training in peer education, Silver and Gold award participants can deliver first aid education to Bronze candidates using the Life. Live it. resource. If you would like help in peer education, contact your local Red Cross office.