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    Unintentional Injury

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    The document provides guidance on unintentional injury prevention and first aid. It discusses common unintentional injuries like fractures, sprains, heat exhaustion, and food poisoning. For each injury, it outlines the appropriate first aid procedures such as splinting fractures, resting sprains, giving fluids for heat exhaustion, and seeking medical help if conditions worsen. It emphasizes the importance of first aid in saving lives, preventing further injury, and alleviating suffering until medical help arrives. Students are asked to demonstrate correct first aid procedures for unintentional injuries in a video project.

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    Unintentional Injury

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    The document provides guidance on unintentional injury prevention and first aid. It discusses common unintentional injuries like fractures, sprains, heat exhaustion, and food poisoning. For each injury, it outlines the appropriate first aid procedures such as splinting fractures, resting sprains, giving fluids for heat exhaustion, and seeking medical help if conditions worsen. It emphasizes the importance of first aid in saving lives, preventing further injury, and alleviating suffering until medical help arrives. Students are asked to demonstrate correct first aid procedures for unintentional injuries in a video project.

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    The document provides guidance on unintentional injury prevention and first aid. It discusses common unintentional injuries like fractures, sprains, heat exhaustion, and food poisoning. For each injury, it outlines the appropriate first aid procedures such as splinting fractures, resting sprains, giving fluids for heat exhaustion, and seeking medical help if conditions worsen. It emphasizes the importance of first aid in saving lives, preventing further injury, and alleviating suffering until medical help arrives. Students are asked to demonstrate correct first aid procedures for unintentional injuries in a video project.

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    Unintentional Injury

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    Amiel Maldonado
    The document provides guidance on unintentional injury prevention and first aid. It discusses common unintentional injuries like fractures, sprains, heat exhaustion, and food poisoning. For each injury, it outlines the appropriate first aid procedures such as splinting fractures, resting sprains, giving fluids for heat exhaustion, and seeking medical help if conditions worsen. It emphasizes the importance of first aid in saving lives, preventing further injury, and alleviating suffering until medical help arrives. Students are asked to demonstrate correct first aid procedures for unintentional injuries in a video project.

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    UNINTENTIONAL

    INJURY
    PREVENTION,
    SAFETY AND
    FIRST AID
    “Prevention
    is better
    than cure.”
    PRE-
    ASSESSMENT
    “Emergency!
    Activity Emergency!
    What will I
    1 do?”
    Your younger
    “Emergency!
    Emergency! sister cuts her
    What will I
    do?” finger with a
    knife.
    Your friend falls
    “Emergency! down the stairs
    Emergency!
    What will I from the 2
    do?”
    floor and can
    hardly stand.
    A man in the
    “Emergency!
    Emergency! street is
    What will I
    do?” bumped by a
    car.
    Your mother
    “Emergency!
    Emergency! accidentally
    What will I
    do?” touches a hot
    pan.
    “Emergency!
    Emergency! Your classmate
    What will I
    do?” was poisoned.
    “Emergency! Your teacher
    Emergency!
    What will I suffers a heart
    do?”
    attack
    “Emergency! Your neighbor
    Emergency!
    What will I experiences
    do?”
    stroke
    “Emergency!
    Your grandfather slips
    Emergency! in the comfort room
    What will I and cannot move his
    do?”
    right arm anymore.
    Your cousin who
    “Emergency! does not know
    Emergency!
    What will I how to
    do?”
    swim falls into a
    deep river.
    Your baby brother
    “Emergency! accidentally swallows
    Emergency!
    What will I a small part of a car
    do?” toy and it gets stuck in
    his throat.
    First Aid is an
    immediate and
    FLASHBACK
    temporary care given
    to a person who
    suddenly gets ill or
    injured.
    1. It is a bridge that fills the gap
    Roles between the victim and the
    physician.
    of 2. It is not intended to compete
    First with or to take the place of the
    services of the physician.
    Aid 3. It ends when the services of
    the physician begins.
    Objectives 1. To save lives
    of
    2. To prolong life
    First 3. To alleviate suffering
    4. To prevent further
    Aid injury
    Characteristics 1. Gentle-does not cause pain and
    of a panic
    2. Observant-notices all signs
    Good 3. Resourceful-makes the best use
    of things at hand
    First 4. Tactful- does not frighten the
    victim
    Aider 5. Sympathetic- comforts and
    reassures the victim
    (Dos in Giving First Aid)
    Principles 1. DO stay calm.
    of 2. DO reassure and comfort the victim.

    First 3. DO check for a medical bracelet


    indicating a condition, such as epilepsy
    or diabetes.

    Aid 4. DO loosen any tight clothing.


    5. DO keep the victim covered to
    reduce shock
    Principles (Don’ts in Giving First Aid)
    of 1. DON’T give food and drink
    to an unconscious person.
    First 2. DON’T move an injured
    person unless you need to
    Aid place him/her in the recovery
    position.
    Organize Your
    Activity Thoughts
    2
    FIRST AID FOR COMMON
    UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES
    Name different COMMON
    UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES that you
    may encounter.
    What can you do with these kinds of
    injury?
    FRACTURE – a break or crack in a bone.
    Categorized as open and closed fracture

     Check the vital signs


     Do not move the injured part
     Stop bleeding if there is any
     If you have to move the person, immobilize the
    broken part by splinting
     Seek help immediately.
    DISLOCATION – a partial or complete
    displacement of the bones
    Call for help immediately
    Splint the affected part
    Do not try to move a dislocated part or
    force it back into place
    Apply ice on the injured part to reduce
    swelling
    SPRAIN – is a an injury to the
    ligaments of a bone due to
    accidental tearing or overstretching
    STRAIN – is an injury to the muscles
    which is a result of improper use of
    the muscle.
    REST the injured part
    Apply ICE to the injured part
    Apply COMPRESSION to the
    injured part
    ELEVATE the injury
    HEAT EXHAUSTION – is
    caused by loss of salt and
    water due to excessively
    high temperature. This may
    lead to heatstroke and
    even death.
    Transport the victim to a cool
    place
    Give him/her plenty of water
    Check for vital signs
    Seek medical help
    FOOD POISONING –
    caused by consuming
    food or drink that is
    contaminated with
    bacteria or viruses.
    Help the person to lie down and
    rest
    Give him plenty of flavorless fluids
    to drink and a bowl to use if he
    vomits
    Call for medical help if the
    condition worsens
    CHOKING – results when a foreign
    object blocks the throat.
     Ask the person if he is choking.
     Encourage him to cough.
     When the person cannot speak or stops coughing, give five
    back blow
     If back blow fails, try abdominal thrusts
     Check his/her mouth if the steps fail repeat blows and thrusts
     If obstruction is not cleared, call for an ambulance and
    continue until help arrives
    DROWNING – happens when air cannot
    get into the lungs because of water

     Lay the person on his/her back


     Check breathing and open the airway
     Give rescue breaths and chest compression if necessary
     If the person is breathing place him/het in the recovery
    position
     Treat for hypothermia by removing clothes and covering with
    a blanket
    HEART ATTACK – is caused by a sudden
    obstruction of blood supply to the part
    of the heart muscles.
     Help the person sit or lie down with head elevated
     Call for medical help
     If
    the person is conscious give him/her a full-dose
    aspirin
     Constantly monitor the vital sign. Be prepared to
    give rescue breath and chest compression
    CHEMICAL BURNS – may occur when
    electricity passes through the body

     Makesure that contact with electrical source is


    broken
     Flood the sites of injury with plenty of water
     Wear disposable gloves and apply dressing over the
    burn
     Call for medical help
     Reassure the victim and treat for shock
    HEAT STROKE – is caused by a failure of the
    “thermostat” in the brain to regulate body
    temperature
     Move the person immediately to a cool place
     Remove outer clothing
     Call for medical help
     Wrap the person in cold, wet sheet until his temperature drops
     Replace the wet sheet with a dry one sheet
     Monitor vital signs
     Repeat the cooling process if the body temperature rises
    STROKE – is a condition in which
    the blood supply to a part of
    the brain is suddenly and
    seriously impaired by a blood
    clot or ruptured blood vessel.
     Help the person lie down with head & shoulders slightly
    raised and supported
     Incline hid head to the affected side and place a towel on
    his shoulder to absorb any dribbling.
     Call for help
     Loosen tight clothing
     Monitor vital sign and reassure the victim
     If the victim is unconscious give him rescue breathing and
    chest compression
     Call for an ambulance or call for help
    FIRST AID PROJECT VIDEO
    Record your group on video simulating
    and performing correct first aid
    procedures on any of the unintentional
    injuries that we have discussed.
    EVALUATION:
     Your projects will be rated using the following
    criteria:
     Correct first aid procedures performed - 50%
     Creativity - 20%
     Presentation - 30%
     TOTAL - 100%
    CLOSURE:
    Complete the sentence…

    I have rediscovered that


    FIRST AID is…

    From now on I will…

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