Health: Part 1
Module 12 Content Guide
Safety, Continued — Preparing for and Handling Emergencies
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, you should be able to do the following:
1. Prepare for emergency situations.
2. Describe how to handle common emergencies.
My Notes
- wear gloves in first aid to not touch their blood
- chock caused by trauma, heatstroke, burns, infection, and blood loss
- anaphlaxis - life threatening allergic reaction
- tell a specific person to call 911 and not just to the general group
- drowning can cause brain damage
- ladders can kill you so always have a spotter and make sure ladder is sturdy and not
broken
- don't mix household chemicals
- if hear fire alarm then go to the floor.
- when reaching a door during fire touch the door to make sure it isn't hot and open
slowly to make sure it is safe to go through
- stop drop and roll
Health: Part 1
Module 12 Content Guide
Safety, Continued — Preparing for and Handling Emergencies
Lesson 1: Preparing for and Handling Emergencies
Preparing for and Handling Emergencies
emergency ____________________
1. What does EMS stand for? ____________________ medical services
____________________
CPR
1. What does CPR stand for? ____________________ resuscitation
cardiopulmonary ____________________
oxygen
2. When you administer CPR to someone, you breathe ____________________ into the victim’s
blood
lungs and pump ____________________ through his or her heart by rhythmically pressing
down and easing up on the rib cage.
3. What are the three CPR techniques discussed in this lesson?
halds-only CPR
a. ________________________________________________________________
infant cpr
b. ________________________________________________________________
child cpr
c. ________________________________________________________________
AED
1. What are the six steps for operating an AED?
turn on aed
a. ________________________________________________________________
remove shirt
b. ________________________________________________________________
attach pads accoridngly
c. ________________________________________________________________
attach the connector to the aed
d. ________________________________________________________________
push the shock button
e. ________________________________________________________________
f. start cpr
________________________________________________________________
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Module 12 Content Guide
Safety, Continued — Preparing for and Handling Emergencies
First Aid
1. The first and most important principle of helping anybody in an emergency is simple:
dont panic ____________________!
____________________ panic
call
2. The second is to ____________________ for help immediately or deputize somebody else to
get help.
Lesson 2: Common Emergencies
Burns
tissues
1. A burn is a damage to your body's ____________________ heat
caused by ____________________,
chemicals ____________________,
____________________, electricity ____________________,
sunlight radiation
or ____________________.
first degree burns: Only the outer layer of skin (the epidermis) is damaged. This
2. ____________________
kind of burn hurts, turns red, and swells, but usually isn’t serious unless it covers a large
area of skin.
3. ____________________
second degree burns: The damage goes deeper, through both the outer and next
layer of skin (the dermis). This kind of burn may be red, white, or blotchy looking, with
blisters, pain, and swelling. If a second-degree burn is bigger than three inches, it’s a
major burn.
third degree burns: The damage goes all the way through the skin and may
4. ____________________
involve muscles or bones. This kind of burn looks charred in the center and is very
serious. (Initially, it might not hurt as much as a minor burn because the nerves are
damaged.)
5. Summarize burn treatment for minor burns
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- remove objects from burn. run under cool water for 10-15 minutes. do not use ice or
ointments. when burn is cooled put aloe vera lotion non it. do not pop blister. wash if
popped and put antibiotic ointment. take over the counter medication if needed
6. Summarize burn treatment for major burns
call 911, make sure person is in a safe place and not breathing smoke, check if
breathing do cpr if needed, remove objects from burn, rais burned area higher than
heart, cover burn with cool, moist cloth, NOT cold
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Drowning
lungs
1. Drowning happens when too much water fills the ____________________ and the person
breathe
can’t ____________________—and it doesn’t take deep water to do that. It’s possible to
shallow
drown even in ____________________ water.
2. What should you do if you recognize someone is drowning?
act fast. call for help and dial 911. if small child pull out of water but if a bigger person
make sure you are anchored and try to pull while using whatever you can to pull. start
spr immediately out of water and keep going until the person starts breathing or until
paramedics arrive
Falls
1. What are some recommendations from the National Safety Council on avoiding falls that
you want to start implementing?
remove clutter, room to walk, secure carpets, clean spills, walkways well lit, grab bars
in shower, nonslip, night lights
Poisoning
1. What are the seven possible poisonings listed in this lesson?
prescription
a. ____________________
b. ____________________
overdoses on illegal drugs
c. ____________________
carbon monoxide
d. ____________________
household products
pesticides
e. ____________________
f. ____________________
indoor or outdoor smoke
g. ____________________
lead and mercury
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2. What are the five symptoms of poisoning listed in this lesson?
redness or burning around mouth and lips
a. ________________________________________________________________
chemical smell
b. ________________________________________________________________
vomiting
c. ________________________________________________________________
breathing difficulties
d. ________________________________________________________________
drowsiness or confusion
e. ________________________________________________________________
3. What information will you need to be prepared to give the Poison Help Line if you have
to call them?
age and weight, health conditions and problems, what poison was it, how product is
affecting the person, how long has person been in contact, what first aid was given,
have they vommitted
Fires
1. According to the National Fire Protection Association n average, US fire departments
responded to:
23
a. A fire every __________ seconds
63
b. A structure fire every __________ seconds
86
c. A home fire every __________ seconds
52
d. An outside or unclassified fire every __________ seconds
181 seconds
e. A highway vehicle fire every __________
2. What are the common causes of house fires?
cooking
a. ____________________ equipment
heating
b. ____________________ equipment
lighting
c. Electrical distribution and ____________________ equipment
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intentional deliberately set fires and arson
d. ____________________:
smoking
e. ____________________ materials
3. Briefly summarize what you can do to help prevent fires from happening.
create a fire escape plan, install+maintain smoke alarms. keep outside cooking away
from flammable things. check electrical equipment and don't overload sockets
Responsibility
How does preparing for emergencies help you be able to act responsibly in emergency
situations?
you can prepare everything ahead of time so you don't have to prepare anything when
you are in the heat of the moment and stress is at an all time high
What is one thing you want to do to better prepare for emergencies? How will you prepare?
in the moment i need to make sure i am not stressed so i don't just freeze in place and
not do anything
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Pick one of the following safety-related situations and write a list of strategies you would
implement if you were in an emergency in this type of situation.
- Vehicle-related situation
- Recreational situation
- Situation with firearms
- Health situation (seizure, stroke, cardiac event, etc.)
health situation (cardiac event)
i would call 911 right away and then do chest compressions properly. if there was an
AED around i would follow all the steps correctly and make sure I am doing everything
I can for the person going through the health situation until 911/paramedics arrive