A Ten-year-old boy who sprang into action when his mum collapsed has been praised by doctors. Quick-thinking Nicolas Padron-Skalisz used the skills he learned just months earlier when his class took part in the I.M.P.S. programme. His mum, Anna, who had been struck down by a virus, credits her son with saving her life. “I […]
An 11-year old girl has been praised for using first aid to help her mother after she fell down the stairs during a fit. Aroosah Khan, a year six pupil at St Francis School, Horsepath, Oxford, used skills she learned just two weeks earlier at Oxford’s John Radcliffe hospital, where she and classmates were being […]
The Guardian Would your child know what to do if a friend was choking, or had fallen off their bike? Lucy Atkins reports on a scheme that takes 10-year-olds into casualty to learn how to avoid accidents and save lives It is 10 am in the accident and emergency department of the John Radcliffe Hospital, […]
Phoebe Bain was awarded a St John Ambulance Young First Aider of the Year Award for helping save the life of her mum Deborah. The 11 year old Chester King’s school pupil from Tiverton was presented with her award by The Countess of Wessex. Phoebe was babysitting her younger brothers when she heard a crash […]
