Student First Aid News

School Nurse Overheard - Birthday?

School Nurse: Do you have any allergies? Student: I’m not sure. School Nurse: What about your birthday? When was your birthday? Student: I don’t know, that was a very long...

School Nurse Product Focus - Wound Dressing No....

Wound Dressing No.13 Small is an emergency dressing for compression of a small but serious wound. These small wound dressings have a highly absorbent cotton pad attached to a cotton...

School Nurse Emergency Highlight - Bleeding

Teachers, staff and principals must be familiar with the school’s First Aid procedures relating to a student with a bleeding wound. Bleeding Apply firm pressure to student’s wound with clean,...

Indigenous Wellbeing Curriculum Improves Studen...

A remote homelands school in the Northern Territory is using Indigenous ideas about wellbeing in its curriculum to improve student mental health. The Yirrkala Homeland School in north-east Arnhem Land...

Student Wellbeing Handbook

A new handbook for school psychologists is the first of its kind to be published in Australia. “Handbook of Australian School Psychology” has been created to support psychologists working in...

New Focus On Students Overall Health

Adelaide’s Westminster School is among many schools adding wellbeing programs to the curriculum in a bid to increase not only student resilience and self-esteem but also overall academic success. Adelaide...