In reply to girlymonkey:
I can't see any reason not to teach emergency first aid in school's.
I did it back in the 80's and fortunately never needed to use it and though some things have changed I was surprised how much I remembered in the early 2000s when I did it again for work.
My nice did it at guides when she was only about 12 or so, a few years later when my wife collapsed in the street she was with her and did the checks and put her in the recovery position (I know it's not called that anymore but it was the first thing I learned and it stuck) and called an ambulance.