Glasgow’s secondary school pupils are teaching their primary peers emergency life-saving skills thanks to a ground-breaking partnership with BHF Scotland. This peer tutoring initiative – which now includes every area within the Glasgow City boundary – is the first on such a large scale in Scotland, and is being delivered with the support of the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) and St Andrew’s First Aid.
S4 pupils in the city are being taught simple skills that could save a life, and they are helping teachers to pass on these vital skills to the city’s primary six pupils. So far, 72 teachers have received the training to deliver emergency life support training (ELS).
The aim is to have all S4 pupils and P6 trained in life-saving techniques – that is nearly 11,000 young Glasgow people.
Pictured: Paramedic Anne Harrison, Community Resuscitation Development Officer, at a training session at Garrowhill Primary School in Glasgow.
