Stay Safe (Home Alone) | Red Cross x Rural Rescue Inc
Dufferin County's Home Alone course!
UPCOMING DATES:
*MARCH 18th*
Location: Streams Community Hub, | 305 Col Phillips Dr, Shelburne ON |
Timing: 9:00am-1:00pm
Price: $75.00 plus HST
Prerequisite: 9-13 years old
PLEASE REGISTER THROUGH STREAMS COMMUNITY HUB, LINK BELOW:
March 18th sign up:
https://campscui.active.com/
Course Description
Real-world scenarios often call on children to respond to challenges. The Stay Safe! program teaches applicable and age-appropriate skills while increasing and reinforcing a youth’s capacity to improve his or her own safety. Whether in their community or on their own, this group will be given better tools to Stay Safe! in a variety of different situations.
Topics Covered:
- Importance of responsibility and respect while being accountable for yourself
- Importance of setting and following rules around safety when staying on your own
- How to stay safe at home and within the community
- How to prepare, recognize and respond to unexpected situations, (i.e. inclement weather, strangers, unanticipated visits)
First Aid Content:
- Check, Call, Care (includes phoning EMS/911)
- Recovery Position
- Conscious Choking (adult/child/alone)
- Feeling Unwell
- Asthma (includes the use of inhaler and spacer)
- Anaphylaxis (includes the use of EpiPen)
- Poisoning
- Insect Stings
- Wound Care (i.e. minor cuts and scrapes, splinters, nosebleeds, bumps and bruises, life-threatening bleeding, burns)