FIRST AID IN SCHOOLS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 42, 19 February 1942, Page 4

FIRST AID IN SCHOOLS

"That's a very fine offer, indeed," said the chairman of the Wellington Education Board (Mr. W. V. Dyer) yesterday afternoon when an offer was received by the board from' the St. John Ambulance Association to provide instruction to teachers and senior pupils in first aid, home nursing, and similar E.P.S. work. He suggested that the offer should be accepted and that a previous resolution excluding such instructors from schools should be rescinded.

Mr. A. Donald said he thought the board should pass the information on to the committees and headmasters and leave them to arrange for the instruction.

There was no suggestion of propaganda for the St. John Ambulance, said Mr. C. H. Nicholls, and the board should not prevent the children from learning to give first aid because of any former resolution passed by the board.

Both the St. John Ambulance and the Red Cross could give valuable instruction in the schools, said Mr. D. McCaskill, and he would like to see properly accredited representatives of both bodies giving instruction.

The chairman moved that the board approve of school committees and headmasters admitting properly accredited persons to the schools for the purpose of giving instruction in first aid or nursing.

This was seconded by Colonel T. W McDonald and was carried.