1. Safety and First Aid

2. Injury Prevention at Home and at School
Accidents at Home
Falls, Fires, Electrical shock, poisoning
Safety in Class
Violence at School
Violence- Using force to hurt someone or to cause damage
Gun Safety
Avoid guns, lock them up, hunting
Seven ways to protect yourself
Think before you act, pay attention, know your limits, practice refusal skills, use safety equipment, change risky behavior, change risky situations

3. Fire safety Fire prevention and detection How to put out small fires
Smoke detector- an alarm that detects smoke from a fire
Check batteries
Check to see if working
How to put out small fires
Fire extinguisher- a device that releases chemials to put out a fire
3 different types

4. Safety on the Road Safety while walking Safety on wheel Vehicle safety
Use sidewalks
Walk facing traffic
Use crosswalks
Look both ways
Make sure driver can se you
Avoid walking at night
No headphones
Safety on wheel
Wear safety equipment
Pay attention to traffic
Follow the rules of road
Wear proper attire
Ride in designated areas
Ride with a friend
Avoid night riding
Vehicle safety
Bus safety

5. Safety Outdoors Safety on a cold day
Hypothermia- a below normal body temperature
Frostbite- is damage to skin and other tissues that is caused by extreme cold
Safety on a hot day
Heat exhaustion- a condition caused by too much water loss through sweating on a hot day
Heatstroke- is an injury that happens when the body cannot control its temperature.
Playing safe
Drink water, use sunscreen, watch weather

6. Natural disasters Earthquakes
A shaking of the earth’s surface caused by movement along a break in the Earth’s crust
Natural disasters- natural events that widespread injury, death, and property damage.
Tornadoes and hurricanes
Tornado- a spinning column of air that has a high wind speed and touches the ground.
Hurricane- a large spinning tropical weather system with wind speeds of at least 74mph
Flood- is an overflowing of water into areas that are normally dry
Flash flood- a flood with no warning
Be prepared!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7. Deciding to Give First Aid
Emergency- a sudden event that demands immediate action
Handling an Emergency
Check the situation
Call for help
Care for victim
First aid- emergency medical care for someone who has been hurt or who is sick.

8. Making an emergency phone call
Dial 9-1-1
The three pieces of information that you will need to know:
Your name and location
The type of emergency
The condition of anyone who is hurt
What you’ve done to help the victim
Stay calm
Don’t hang up first

9. Abdominal Thrust and Rescue Breathing
Abdominal Thrusts- actions that apply pressure to a choking person’s stomach to force an object out of his or her throat
First Aid for choking infants(pg 394)
First Aid for choking adults(pg 395)
Rescue Breathing for adults
Rescue breathing- an emergency technique in which a rescuer gives air to someone who is not breathing
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR)- an emergency technique used to save a victim who isn’t breathing and who doesn’t have a heart beat.
Rescue breathing for small children

10. First Aid for Injuries Bleeding Burns Poisoning
Severity determines first aid
Poisoning
Fractures-broken or cracked bone
Dislocations- when a bone is forced out of its normal position
Head, Neck, and Back Injuries