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Young rescuers: how schoolchildren will learn first aid skills from "Volunteer - 68"

Each era has its own specific features. The special character of each era brings to the fore its own specific people. People's compliance with the peculiarities of each era is determined by their armedness with specific knowledge.


Today, when the lives and health of Ukrainians are threatened by definition, the knowledge of how to protect oneself, loved ones, or complete strangers is more relevant than ever.



The instructors of the "Volunteer - 68" Humanitarian Aid Center are the ones who disseminate this knowledge. Volunteers regularly conduct seminars, trainings and lectures on various security topics. These include training on mine risk prevention. Lectures on the prevention of gender-based violence against women. Methods of transportation of people with physical disabilities. Courses on first aid and tactical medicine, etc.


Volunteer - educators operate in a wide range of settings. For example, classes can take place at the training center of the NGO "Volunteer - 68", or they can be held on-site in various institutions and cities of Ukraine.


For example, an on-site training on first aid was recently held for 10-11th grade students of the H. Semyridskyi Pechenizkyi Lyceum. During the training, the students learned and practiced how to stop bleeding using tamponade and tourniquets, how to act in case of body burns, hypothermia, cardiac arrest, etc. The volunteers introduced the children to the algorithms of actions that allow them to control themselves in an emergency situation and provide first aid to themselves or a victim.


Earlier, a similar workshop was held at the Kharkiv boarding lyceum “Obladovanist” for high school students. The children learned how to examine the victim, assess his or her consciousness, free the airways, and stop bleeding by applying tourniquets, bandages, or bandages.


The scope of educational activities of the NGO "Volunteer - 68" in the security sector, in its segment related to medical and social assistance, will be expanded. We have taken the first steps in attracting young people to our audience. And we are not going to stop there, because we have felt a real interest of the younger generation in the skills of active assistance in preserving health and protecting lives in crisis situations.

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