First-aid Training Is in the Curriculum to Stay

 

Training in First Aid

Today, in junior and senior high schools, thousands of
young students throughout the nation are receiving training
in first aid. Although at the present time there is a patriotic
desire to secure basic knowledge of first aid to further civilian
defense and to prepare for possible future service, there is
strong evidence that first-aid training is no longer regarded as
an incidental course.

Need for a Planned Course Revealed

Results of a secondary school survey of representative
schools located in 20 states throughout the United States
showed that, although many schools were offering some train-
ing in first aid before the United States entered the war, there
has been a large increase in the amount and the extent of this
work offered in the schools since the United States entered the
war. Of the schools included in the survey 93 per cent are now
offering training in first aid. Furthermore, 95 per cent of the
school administrators included in the survey signified that
training in first aid should be given to all secondary school
students even after the war. ,

If a first-aid course is offered in your school or if such a
course is contemplated, you will be interested in this new pub-
lication,

FIRST-AID TRAINING
By Morris Fishbein, M. D., and Leslie W. Irwin, Ph. D.

First-Aid Training is a complete and comprehensive presen-
tation which has been written and prepared especially for use
in the secondary school. The latest accepted and approved
methods in first aid are embodied in this book.

 

 

Organization of Course

First-Aid Training is a study-and-practice book, presented in
workbook form. The subject matter is organized into 14 units.
Each unit is introduced by a study section to give the accepted
and approved procedures concerning the subject of the unit,
also to provide necessary information which is valuable for bet-
ter understanding of the first-aid procedure which is involved.

Following the study section of each unit, Activities are pro-
vided through which the student applies the content of the unit
to check accurately his knowledge of the subject matter.

Following the Activities are Practical Problems. These prob-
lems give actual situations in which first-aid knowledge and
practice must be applied.

Each unit ends with Things to Remember wherein are listed
the most important facts and points the first-aider must know
at all times.

Unit and Review Tests

Fourteen comprehensive tests are included in the workbook.
The Umit and Review Test for each unit is devised to measure
objectively the student’s knowledge of subject matter and
correct first-aid procedures. The tests are so constructed that
the teacher can use the results as a means of efficient review
in being certain that students are thoroughly familiar with all
important first-aid methods.

A Guide for instructors, bound separately, is available. This
Guide includes suggestions on the organization, conduct, and
methods of teaching first-aid courses as well as answers for the
Activities, Practical Problems, and Tests.

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