Materials for Educators and Youth Leaders

First Aid for Children Today (FACT)

The FACT Critter Clan leads kids through health promotions and injury prevention activities.  A fun environmental theme teaches safety in a non-threatening way.  Topics include hygiene and health habits, first aid, personal safety and injury prevention; includes participant’s booklet. 

Grades K-3; Instructor training is not required to teach this course.

Basic Aid Training (BAT)

Children learn emergency response skills, rescue breathing and ways to prevent and care for choking, wounds, nosebleeds, falls and animal bites.  The course includes responses for safety, poisoning, water accidents, substance abuse and more; includes participant’s book.

Grades 3-5; Instructor training is not required to teach this course.  

Length: 6 hours; optional activities expand course to 12 hours

Together We Prepare–Schools

Streamlined to fit into busy class schedules, these presentations provide students with basic lifesaving and emergency preparedness information. Students learn valuable skills that can be applied at school—and at home with their families.

Any staff member with a current First Aid and CPR certification can lead this interactive presentation in your school, so it’s easy to offer sessions at convenient times. Choose the presentation that best meets your school’s needs:

 • First Aid and Preparedness Level 1 is designed for children in grades 1-5 and teaches them to recognize when an emergency has occurred, keep safe and provide basic care.

• First Aid and Preparedness Level 2 is designed for grades 6-8 and introduces participants to the concept of emergency preparedness.

• First Aid and Preparedness Level 3 provides more in-depth information to students in grades 9-12.

 First Aid and Preparedness leader’s guides are available from your local American Red Cross chapter.  

To encourage learning after the presentation, include these affordable training materials, suitable for all ages:

• First Aid and Preparedness participant’s booklet.

• First Aid and Emergency Preparedness Quick Reference Guide is a durable, color-coded tabbed guide that offers comprehensive step-by-step information in a compact flip chart format.

• Safety Tube is a convenient “grab and go” personal safety kit that includes a water pouch, dust mask, whistle and a 6-hour light stick.

•  Together We Prepare–Schools CD-ROM for Educators provides user-friendly access to First Aid and Preparedness (levels 2 and 3) lesson plans and handouts, Facing Fear lesson plans 9 and 10 and activity sheets for all grade levels and additional references and tools for teachers for grades K-12.

Longfellow’s WHALE Tales

An easy-to-follow lesson plan supports classroom water safety training for kids ages 5 to 12. Each session features an animated video, plus activities, posters and worksheets.

Grades K-5; Instructor training is not required to teach this course.

Length: varies.