I would rather record what actually changed than give it a grand label.
I am not sure how to measure the impact of Phirst Aider. An online class with more than 30 people, one campus training, and one community volunteer event are all small compared with large public-interest programs. But some changes are still visible to me.
Some people learned seriously about AEDs for the first time after the public class. Some classmates signed up for systematic first-aid training. Others saw the campus poster and asked how they could join. These small responses made me realize that impact does not always begin with a large number.
Before we graduate, we want to leave something useful behind.
As graduation gets closer, the students in Phirst Aider are preparing something that feels especially important to us. We hope the first-aid knowledge we have learned will not stay inside a single class or event, but can actually help students during everyday training and sports.
We are creating simple first-aid guides and waterproof posters for football, basketball, track and field, swimming, and other sports. We hope they can stay in our school’s sports facilities for years to come, so future students can quickly see what to do, where to find an AED, and when to call for professional help.
For us, this may be the most meaningful thing to leave behind before graduation: not the name of a club, but practical reminders that can continue to be used.
Sometimes it simply means that someone who would not have noticed the issue starts asking, “Where is our AED?” or “Can I sign up for this training?” If more people eventually choose to learn first aid because of that, I would consider it the most meaningful continuation of the project.
