First Aid Worksheets for Teens: What To Do and When to Get Help

What is included

• •The twelve-item first-aid-kit sort, each card with what it is for and whether you use it yourself or an adult helps
• •The small-cut chain with a photo per action step, teaching pressure to stop the bleeding before cleaning under clean running water
• •The bump-or-bruise chain, with the cold pack held on a cloth for about fifteen to twenty minutes
• •The small-burn chain, cooled under running water, and the nosebleed chain, leaning forward and pinching for about ten minutes
• •The three-tier When to Get Help sort: handle it and tell an adult, tell an adult right away, or get an adult and call 911, with the real thresholds
• •A choking recognition card and a fill-in emergency card with 911 and the Poison Help line, 1-800-222-1222
• •13 check questions, fifteen vocabulary words and an answer key
• •Teacher notes on the three tiers, head-injury danger signs and known-allergy plans, three levels, a data sheet and three scoreable IEP goals
• •US Letter and A4 print files, everything single-sided

Questions from teachers

Does this teach students to perform first aid or give medicine?

No. The pack teaches a student to recognize what happened and know who to tell or call. It does not teach medical procedures, and it does not tell a student to give anyone medicine. The one exception is the allergy pen (EpiPen), which the emergency tier says to use or ask an adult to help with, because for a severe allergic reaction using it quickly can save a life. A student with a known allergy, seizure disorder or other condition follows their own individual emergency plan and any medicine their doctor prescribed.

Is the safety information accurate? Who checked it?

Every safety line was fact-checked twice, the second check independent, against primary sources: the American Red Cross, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Mayo Clinic, the CDC's HEADS UP concussion guidance and America's Poison Control. The burn thresholds are the AAP's (blisters, bigger than a hand, or on the face, hand, foot, a joint or a private area), the head-injury danger signs are the CDC's, and a severe allergic reaction routes to 911 and the auto-injector as the Red Cross and Mayo direct. No threshold is set so high that it would teach a student not to get help.

What is the three-tier sort?

Real first aid has three answers, not two. Some things a student can handle and then tell an adult, like a paper cut or a small nosebleed. Some things mean tell an adult right away, like a cut that keeps bleeding after pressing or a burn that blisters. And a few things are emergencies where the answer is get an adult and call 911: trouble breathing, a bad allergic reaction, heavy or spurting bleeding, someone who will not wake up, or choking. The sort teaches the student to place each situation in the right tier, and if no adult is close, to call 911 themselves.

What if a student has a known allergy or other medical condition?

The pack teaches recognizing a reaction and calling for help, not dosing or diagnosis. A student with a diagnosed allergy already has a prescribed epinephrine auto-injector and an individual emergency plan, and the cover teacher note says plainly that the student follows that plan. The point of the pack is that a student can act, and call for help, in the moment.

Is it too scary for the students it is for?

It is written to be calm and concrete. The self-care chains are ordinary and reassuring, the copy is plain and free of fear language, and the emergency pages are matter-of-fact steps rather than alarming scenes. The photographs show hands and objects doing the action, never an injury, a face or anything upsetting. The goal is confidence, not fear.

What formats do I get, and how is it delivered?

Print-ready US Letter and A4 PDFs, everything single-sided. Color prints best, and every page still reads in black and white. Delivery is instant: the download unlocks as soon as you buy, a copy of the link is emailed to you, and the file stays in your My Resources library.