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<p>Emergency life-saving skills (ELS) can be taught as part of personal, social, health
and economic (PSHE) education.</p><p> </p><p>PSHE can help children develop essential
social skills that evidence shows are important for children's achievement across
all subjects, and for their preparation for a healthy and active life.</p><p> </p><p>Schools
are encouraged to work with expert organisations to teach ELS, for example St John
Ambulance who visited approximately 2000 schools in 2013. Their ‘Teach the Difference‘
website has over 7000 registered users, most of whom are teachers, and users downloaded
over 16,000 first aid lesson plans in 2013.</p><p> </p>
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