A Healthy Youth


Teaching Teens first aid is one of the most beneficial subjects we can teach to ensure safety. As children get older adult supervision is not a huge priority meaning that anything that happens is up to them to figure out and deal with and parents rely on them and try to teach them the right decisions in order to stay safe. If our school system taught basic first aid as one or even part of a class period it would guarantee that parents would have a easy mind knowing that their child knows exactly what to do in case of the likely scenario of an emergency situation. I believe that adding this to our curriculum would dramatically lower teen death and injury rate because of the knowledge of how to take care of someone who lets say has had too much to drink which is a very likely scenario in high schools today. This education would not go unused in the world we live in today.


First aid is defined as help given to a sick or injured person until full medical treatment has arrived. The education that I am advocating is basic medical training, for example, what to do if someone has been knocked unconscious and is not breathing, the proper knowledge would be taught on how to resuscitate the injured person.The training received in school could save your friends life or even yourself if an emergency situation happened you you ("Hatter") In high school the risk for injury in my opinion rises dramatically because of what activities are involved, such as parties and other decision less actions that are preformed. These actions are un avoidable and in most cases lead to injury for example, right now I walk by at least five people a day that either have a sling, knee brace, or crutches and when you ask what happened its usually crashing a bike or a sports related injury. This tells me that having that first aid education could provide knowledge of what can happen to your body if that choice is followed through, which in tern could affect the decision if full knowledge of the consequences are know. In conclusion, I believe having this knowledge who educate teens of the physical toll on their body when making bad decisions about what they do to their body or put into it.

Fist aid has an impact on the person learning the subject in more ways then one. For example, a program in Pueblo, CO teaches secondary students basics of first aid and emergency situations. These kids said "We felt like we gained leadership skills and had our own empowerment over difficult situations and we know our role in the community and how we contribute.".("Teaching Teens")This shows that this program had a much more adverse effect on the students such as confidence and pride in what they were doing that could help their community in many ways. The feeling of confidence and pride and social importance is excellent for teenagers all over Colorado and America. In conclusion the moral value of the first aid program is reason enough to bring it into the school district and the community.


In conclusion, first aid should be taught in our school system due to all the perks it comes along with this knowledge. The beneficial lessons will be carried throughout high school and into life, with helping in everyday scenarios. It will also provide feelings of contribution and self confidence with their peers.Wouldn't it be a great feeling knowing your child knows exactly what to do if something were to ever go wrong with out your supervision. Isn't it time that teens know how to take care of themselves?