Here's your free schools first aid toolkit
The schools toolkit covers up-to-date information on:
- School, Headteacher and staff responsibilities for first aid
- A two-step checklist to ensure that the school has the correct level of first aid cover
- What first aid equipment should and shouldn’t be available in schools
- Asthma
- Meningitis
- Anaphylaxis and Adrenaline Auto-Injectors (AAI’s) such as epipens
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And, as a thank you for downloading the guide, here’s some more freebies to help you with your school’s first aid!
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