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Resources: Video of accident / injury situations.

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Questions / instructions:

Sometimes people have accidents and get hurt. We can help them if we know the most suitable first aid for their injuries. I'm going to show you some pictures on the video of children with injuries. The injuries look real, but they are really only wearing special make-up to show different kinds of injuries.

After you have seen each picture, I will stop the video. Then I want you to tell me what you think would be the most suitable first aid for the injury if it happened when there were no adults about. Tell me what you would do first, then what you would do next.

The first clip shows a girl who cut her finger on the lid of a can.

Play clip 1 and ask the student:

1. What would you do first for this cut finger?
    What would you do next?

The second clip shows a boy who has just fallen from a high place.

Play clip 2 and ask the student:

2. What would you do first for this injury?
    What would you do next?

Included:

all important steps
important step
harmful step
ignored unconsiousness

Now we will watch a clip that shows a boy who has been playing rugby and has a bruised leg.

Play clip 3 and ask the student:

3. What would you do first for this bruise?
     What would you do next? [year 8 only]

Included:

all important steps
important step
harmful step

The fourth clip shows a girl who has spilt hot soup on her arm.

Play clip 4 and ask the student:

4. What would you do first for this burn?
     What would you do next?

Included:

all important steps
important step
harmful step

The next clip shows a boy who slipped when climbing a ladder .

Play clip 5 and ask the student:

5. What would you do first for this bleeding nose?
    What would you do next?

Included:

all important steps
important step
harmful step

The last clip shows a girl who has fallen down some stairs and broken her leg.

Play clip 6 and ask the student:

6. What would you do first for this broken leg? [year 8 only]
    What would you do next?

Included:
all important steps
important step
harmful step

Commentary
Few students at either level knew the preferred procedure for handling a nosebleed.