HEALTH 5

MODULE 4

LESSON 1: What Is First Aid?

LESSON 2: I Care
LESSON 3: I Can Save Lives!
No. of Days: 5 days
OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify the basic first aid procedures for common injuries;
2. Enumerate the types of first aid in times of emergency;
3. Demonstrate basic first aid principles and procedures for common
injuries;

Safety awareness is important to promote safety at home, in

school, and the community. First aid provides you with
knowledge and skill that you can use to help others during
an emergency. This will also help you develop habits that can
be useful during emergency situations and accidents
especially in helping others.

LESSON 1- What is First Aid?

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 Health Watch
Have you experienced getting injured or wounded? Who helped
you? What did he or she do? What did you feel after?
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Safety awareness is important to promote safety at home, in school, and the

community. First aid provides you with knowledge and skill that you can use to
help others during an emergency. This will also help you develop habits that
can be useful during emergency and accidents especially in helping others.

FIRST AID is the immediate or quick help given to a sick or

injured person before full medical aid arrives.
The primary objective of first aid is to avoid the worsening of
the injury or the condition of the victim. It also aims to
consider, take care, and lessen the pain that the victim feels.
Many live will be saved if we know how to respond to medical emergencies and
give first aid.

Before doing first aid, it is important to keep the following guide in

mind.

1. Make sure that the victim and the first aider are safe before giving first
aid;

2. Avoid unsafe places and situations;

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3. Move fast, correctly, and precisely. Do important things or “first
things first”;
4. Don’t panic; keep calm for the sake of the
victim or patient;
5. Ask help when you don’t know what
to do or when you are uncertain
about the fist aid to give.

Many accidents and disasters happen because of neglect and carelessness. The
safety of each person depends on the sense of responsibility of everyone.
Remember, first aid is up to you. Prompt basic aid can turn to a bad outcome to
a good one and save lives. Also, thoughtful prevention will almost always keep
needless accidents from happening.

1. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. This is the primary and temporary help that is given to victims of
accidents or sudden sickness.
1. Medical aid c. quick solution
2. First aid d. precise and safe

3. This is one of the objectives of first aid.

1. Prolong the life of the victim until medical aid arrives.
2. Avoid big spending.
3. Ask for first payment.
4. Watch the first victims.

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5. This is what people who give first aid are called.
1. first aider c. person who is at fault
2. parent or relative d. victim

3. This is important before giving first aid.

1. The victim has ready payment.
2. A medical crew should be observing.
3. Make sure that the victim will be brought to a safe place.
4. Make sure that there are a lot of witnesses.

5. This is the most important characteristics of a first aider.

1. Calm b. loud c. slow d. aggressive

2. This is the step that should be done if one cannot administer first aid

1. Ask for help c. Just look at the victim

2. Avoid the victim d. Panic

B.Circle things that go into a basic first aid kit.

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3. Look for the following words that are related to fist aid.

LESSON 2: I Care

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 Lesson 3:I Can Help Save Lives!
HEALTH WATCH

Have you tried treating yourself when you got wounded, or gave
the first aid to others?
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How will you give first aid to different injuries that could possibly happen to
the people in your home, school, or other places? Here are some of the first aid
for common injuires.
1. WOUND, SMALL CUT, or SCRAPE
1. Wash the wound or scrape with soap and clean water
to remove the germs.
2. Dry the wound and wrap with a bandage.

3. SCALDING or BURNING THE SKIN

1. Cool the burnt or scalded part with cold water .
2. Wrap with a clean shirt , cloth, or towel after,
and quickly bring the victim to a hospital.
3. FOOD POISONING

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 There are may types of food poisoning according to the food that was eaten
and the cause of the poisoningIf there
is a suspicion of food poisoning:
1. Find out right away what the
victim ate within last
48 hours.
2. Bring the vicitm to a hospital.
While the doctor is not yet present,
observe the victim’s breathing. The
victim should be in a comfortable
position.
3. Give the victim lots of fluids
especially if he or she is vomiting or has diarrhea to avoid dehydration.
You can prevent food poisoning by doing the following:
1. Wash raw food fruits and vegetables well before eating them.
2. Eat foods that are properly cooked.
3. Look at what you are eating and smell it especially if it looks or smells
different.
4. Cover and refrigerate rifht away to prevent bacteria or germs to grow .
5. Re-heat left-over foods from refrigerator to kill bacteria.
6. Consume foods before their expiration dates.

7. BONE FRACTURE
1. Place a splint on the affected area. This will be a big help in protecting
the affected area like the arms.
2. In placing a splint, make sure that the fractured bone is not moved while
fixing it so that the victim’s body will not be shaken. Position the splint
in the width that will cover the joints above and below thw suspected
broken bone.
3. If the bone is protruding, clean thw wound first with a clean gauze, then
place the splint.
4. FAINTING

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1. Make sure that the airways or air passages of the victim are open.
2. Position the victim on his or her back, face up.
3. Check his or her airways if there is something blocking the throat of the
victim. Remove any object to make the victim breathe easier.

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 1. Write YES on the line before each number if the sentence
expresses the right first aid and NO if it does not.
______1. Marck gently scrubbed her hand that was stung by a
bee to remove the stinger.
______2. Jeric bought vegetables from the market and
immediately cooked it.
______3. Khalil pour hot water on his skin after he accidentally touched the
pan.
______4. Tie soft cloth above the part that was wounded.
______5. Bring anyone that was food poisoned immediately to a doctor.

2. Read each situation and answer the question based on it.

1. While weeding their garden, Tyron got wounded by the knife he was
using. What should he do?
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 2. Miguel and JD were happily
playing in the playground when
JD suddenly fainted. What should
Miguel do?

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3. You bang your knee walking through a crowded doorway. What will you
do?
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4. Calling 911: When do you call 911 for help? Read the scenes shown
below. Write a check mark next to an example of when you might call
911 for help.
_____1. Daddy fell and banged his head and is bleeding.
_____2. My friend Bonoy stole my new marbles and hid them.
_____3. Dad is next door and there’s a man peeking in the windows.
_____4. The neighbor stuck her tongue out at my sister.
_____5. Fred ate my Math homework, again!
_____6. My aunt and I were just in a car accident and my aunt isn’t feeling
well.
_____7. Someone just threw a rock through the window at my next door
neighbor’s house.
_____8. The Ice cream man kept driving and didn’t stop for me.

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