The story that took place in the village of Kislovkashook the whole country. 10 schoolchildren went on a ski run with a physical education teacher, got lost, and spent nearly seven hours in the cold. In the evening, all of them were taken out of the forest by local residents and emergency workers, after which they were all hospitalized. Fortunately, nobody got any serious injuries or hypothermia, but the schoolchildren were very scared and cried a lot. - Of course, we want to protect the child always and everywhere, but what if he is left alone for some reason and is in a difficult situation? It's simple: to teach him in advance how to cope in emergency situations and what to do so as not to lose his presence of mind, says medical psychologist Tatiana Grishaeva. - I propose some simple rules.
Photo: Getty Images1. Familiarize children with the rules of conduct in a possible extreme situation. In this case, your main assistant can be a regular school textbook on life safety. Practice with children in the use of protective equipment, play the game: “How I will behave in different situations.” Make a “Family Action Program in Emergency Situations”, which will indicate how to act on alarms; how to behave if you are the victim of a dog or a stranger attack; how to provide first aid, how to contact family members, etc. Learn with the child, on what grounds to navigate, if he is lost in the forest.2. Write in the telephone directory of emergency phone numbers and agree that if something bad happens to the child, he will call you SOS services IMMEDIATELY.
The lesson of physical culture in Kislovka was a race forSurvival Photo: Getty Images3. Teach your child to stay calm and avoid panic in an emergency situation. Show him breathing exercises, which will help calm down (sometimes just enough to breathe deeply). Teach children to independence! They should be able to rely on themselves and competently make decisions. 4. Try to reduce the amount of negative information that children receive through the media.
Winter forest is full of dangersPhoto: Getty Images 5. Through sports and physical training, form confident behavior in children. From a psychological point of view, the harmonious development of the child is achieved by an integral process of psychological and physical process. A good example in this case is the behavior of the parents. Before correcting the child, pay attention to yourself and carry out "work on the mistakes."
