Sample essay on children's safety and first aid open class

The priority of prevention of accidental injuries in children is always higher than emergency first aid.； Mastering professionally proven first aid skills is the last line of defense we can give our children. Don't believe in the fluke that "accidents are far away from me", and don't think that "learning is useless". If you do these two things well, you can really save your child's life at a critical moment.

To be honest, my previous understanding of child safety and first aid was basically fragmented content I read on Douyin. It seemed like I knew the term "Heimlich maneuver", but it was all a blind operation if I really wanted to get started. Last month, my third-grade baby got stuck after eating jelly. I held him in my arms and patted him randomly, but the baby coughed it up on his own. I was smug about my quick reaction, but I found out during this class that the way I patted the back was completely wrong - patting the child's back when the head is higher than the body can easily push the foreign object deeper and get stuck in the trachea or bronchi. If it was really stuck at the time, my actions may have harmed him.

This open class invited two speakers, and their views happened to be the two mainstream voices in the industry now, which was quite interesting. One is Dr. Li from the emergency room of the Municipal Children's Hospital, who is a typical "skills-first" person. The statistics he pulled out are chilling to people's backs: out of the 120 cases of foreign bodies stuck in the throat of children under 5 years old that their department received last year, 17 cases were caused by foreign bodies being displaced due to parents' mistakes in rescuing them. Originally, they only needed to be removed with a laryngoscope, but in the end they had to undergo tracheal surgery. There were also 3 cases that had missed the golden 4 minutes when they were delivered and could not be rescued. He repeatedly said that ordinary parents do not need to know how to see a doctor, but the three skills of Heimlich, burn and scald irrigation, and pressure to stop bleeding must be practiced to muscle memory. When something really happens, even if the 120 is only a 5-minute drive, it will not be as effective as what you did in the first 30 seconds.

The other is Sister Zhang, a public welfare person who promotes children’s safety science. Her view is exactly the opposite, and she belongs to the “prevention first” group. The survey data she presented was: 82% of accidental injuries to children could have been avoided in advance. For example, children under 3 years old should not come into contact with whole nuts, jelly, or cored longans. If you put anti-collision strips on the corners of tables at home, put protective covers on sockets, and always keep hot water bottles out of children’s reach, if these little things are done well, there is no need for first aid. She also said that many parents now put the cart before the horse, watching first-aid videos every day and collecting dozens of them, then just put the melon seed tray on the sofa and let their two-year-old baby crawl and play on their own. Isn't this just laying trouble for themselves?

I think there is no conflict between these two views at all, just like what the two people concluded in the open class: prevention is to close the door to risks, and first aid is the last window when the door is leaking. I also made a joke during the practical session that day. When I was practicing Heimlich with a baby simulator, I either used too little force and the teacher said I couldn't push out the foreign object, or used too much force and almost broke the simulator's ribs. Later, the teacher came over and taught me my posture: instead of using my arms to push hard, I used the force of my crotch to push up obliquely, and the position should be two fingers above my navel. It doesn't matter if I make any mistakes. There is also the treatment of burns and scalds. I have always heard old people say to apply toothpaste and soy sauce before, but this time I know clearly that the only correct operation is to flush the patient with running cold water for 15-20 minutes for the first time. Applying those miscellaneous things is not only prone to infection, but also affects the doctor's ability to judge the depth of the burn, which in turn delays treatment.

There was also a 60-year-old Grandpa Zhang who was in class that day. He sat next to me and took three pages of notes. His handwriting was trembling. During the break, he told me that last year when he was playing with his grandson, the child knocked over a hot water cup and burned his arm. He panicked and smeared miso on his arm. Later, the wound left a shallow scar. He still feels guilty. This time he heard that there was an open class and came here specially to learn. He said, "No matter what happens in the future, I can't help my child anymore." My nose felt a little sore when I heard it. Really, if something like an accident happens to others, it is news, but if it happens to your own family, it is a big deal. How can there be any luck that "my child will not happen to it"?

In the past, I always felt that this kind of open class was just a formality, but this time I really listened. After we came back, my husband and I checked the house first: the nut jars on the coffee table were put into the high cabinets, all sockets without protective covers were plugged, and a layer of protective fence was added to the anti-theft net on the balcony. We also signed up for the monthly first aid training in the community, just for fear that we would get carried away after a long time.

In fact, to put it bluntly, whether you are doing prevention or learning first aid, all you need is to be "steady" - you never know which will come first tomorrow or the accident, but if you make more preparations, you will be less panicked and less regretful when something happens. After all, the safety of your children has never been the business of the school or the hospital. It is the responsibility of each of us as parents.