Nurse Sophie

The guest speakers just keep coming! This time we were treated to an informative, fun and interactive first aid talk from Harry's mum, Sophie. Nurse Sophie taught us to run cold water over a burn. If it is a serious burn, it should be wrapped in a plastic bag or glad wrap and the patient should go to hospital.

She taught us that if an injured person is bleeding, you need to press a cloth or bandage firmly against the cut to stop the bleeding. Ask the patient to rest with the injured part elevated (lifted up high). If it is a very serious cut, the patient should go to the hospital.

If you have a nasty bruise you need to pop an ice-pack on it. If you have a broken bone, you will need to go to the hospital and doctors will put a cast on it. To make the cast, doctors wrap a wet bandage around the broken bone and the bandage dries to become very hard.

Nurse Sophie gave some children a chance to practise how to call 000 for an emergency.

We had a great time pretending to be doctors and patients.

The 1/2 children and teachers thank Nurse Sophie for sharing her time and expertise!