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First Aid Explorers: Childcare First Aid Incursions

Children learn real first aid awareness by doing. Through hands-on, age-appropriate activities they practise spotting danger, getting an adult, calling for help and caring for a friend, all through play.

Invite Rachel Smith to your service for a Discovery Day, or get the digital resource pack and run the activities yourselves.

Enquire about a Discovery DayBuy the Digital Resource Pack, $35
Addy kneeling on a mat practising chest compressions on a CPR training manikin, with first aid kits nearbyScout the seal, the First Aid 2 U mascot, waving a bandaged flipper and holding a CPR training manikin

Two ways to explore

Have Rachel lead the experience, or use the resources to lead it yourselves.

Adult and infant CPR training manikins set out with a first aid kit

Pathway 1 · Rachel comes to you

First Aid Explorers Discovery Day

  • Rachel Smith visits your education and care service
  • Immersive, hands-on activities led for you
  • CPR training manikins and equipment to explore
  • Every child receives a First Aid Explorers certificate
Enquire about a Discovery Day

Pathway 2 · Explore it yourselves

First Aid Explorers Digital Resource Pack

$35 AUD including GST

  • For educators or households who facilitate it themselves
  • Licence: one household or one education service/site
  • Internal printing permitted
  • Manikins, equipment, an ambulance photo and books are not included
Buy the Digital Resource Pack, $35

What children explore

Every activity is hands-on and playful, helping children become familiar with first aid ideas and feel more confident asking for help.

Addy kneeling on the grass with both hands placed on the chest of a CPR training manikin, practising compressionsA white metal first aid kit with a green cross and Emergency phone 000 printed on the front
Hands-on CPR practice outdoors, and a real first aid kit to explore.

  • DRSABCD

    Giant letters and simple steps to explore the action plan together.

  • Recognising danger

    Spotting what could hurt someone and keeping ourselves safe first.

  • Getting an adult

    Knowing when to find a grown-up and how to tell them what happened.

  • Calling 000 or 112

    Pretend emergency calls to practise saying who, where and what.

  • COWS

    Can you hear me, Open your eyes, What's your name, Squeeze my hand.

  • CPR on training manikins

    Age-adapted practice on training manikins only, with adult guidance.

  • Bandaging

    Wrapping arms, hands and ankles on each other, with lots of giggles.

  • RICER

    Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation and Referral for bumps and sprains.

  • Exploring a first aid kit

    Opening the kit and talking about what each item is for.

  • Asthma awareness

    Seeing what a puffer and spacer look like and why they matter.

  • Adrenaline injector awareness

    Exploring a trainer device and why some people carry one.

  • First aid games

    Active, playful games that bring the ideas together.

Awareness through play, not accredited training or competency certification. CPR practice is on training manikins only.

What a First Aid Explorers session looks like

Real mats, real manikins, real bandages. Children get their hands on the equipment and practise for themselves.

Addy lying on a mat, smiling, with bandages on her arm and foot while an adult practises bandaging her hand
Bandaging practice, with plenty of laughs.
An open first aid kit with bandages, gloves, dressings and plastic strips spread out to explore
What's inside a first aid kit?
An adult's hands doing chest compressions on a CPR training manikin with training defibrillator pads attached
Adults model each step first.

Scout cheers every explorer on, from the first danger-spotting game to the last bandage.

A certificate to celebrate

Children who join Rachel's Discovery Day go home with their own First Aid Explorers certificate. It's a proud moment to share with families. It celebrates taking part and is not an accredited first aid qualification.

Learning and curriculum connections

First Aid Explorers includes supporting connections to EYLF, NQS and ACARA learning contexts. Activities can support conversations about wellbeing, safety, communication, cooperation and seeking help.

These are learning connections for educators to adapt, not a guarantee of curriculum or regulatory compliance.

Questions about First Aid Explorers

Illustrated First Aid Explorers characters: Josie, Mia, Sophie and Jack lying on a mat with Miss Rachel, plus each character's expressions and poses
Picture book series coming soon. Meet Josie, Mia, Sophie, Jack and Miss Rachel, the First Aid Explorers characters.
Scout the seal, the First Aid 2 U mascot, waving a bandaged flipper and holding a CPR training manikin

Ready to bring First Aid Explorers to your children?

Scout is ready when you are. Choose the pathway that suits your children.

Enquire about a Discovery DayBuy the Digital Resource Pack, $35
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