Health

Quarter 3 – Module 2:
Assessing Emergency Situation
for Unintentional Injuries
Health – Grade 9
Quarter 3 – Module 1: Assessing Emergency Situation for Unintentional Injuries
First Edition, 2020

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Health
Quarter 3 – Module 2:
Assessing Emergency Situation
for Unintentional Injuries
Introductory Message
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 Let Us Learn
Before we start, I would like to know how far you know about the
Western Music. Specifically, it seeks to achieve the learning
competency Describes the factors causing Unintentional Injuries and
assessing emergency situations; H9IS-IIIb-38

And we will focus our learning objectives with the following:

1. Identify Factors affecting Unintentional Injuries.
2. Assessing Unintentional Injuries in emergency situation.
Are you ready? Let’s do this. Now, let us start learning about this
module. See you and good luck!

Let Us Try
WORD BANK

Instruction: Choose the word from the word bank below and try to
identify whether if it is an Unintentional and Intentional Injury. Write your
answer in the box provided.

Poisoning Domestic Violence Falls Murder Vehicle Crashes

Sexual Assault Suffocation Drowning Suicide Burns

Unintentional Injuries Intentional Injuries

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Guide Questions:
1. Base on the activity what are the unintentional injuries mentioned?
a. __________________
b. __________________
c. __________________
d. __________________
e. __________________

2. What are other unintentional injuries that come to your mind? How can
you prevent it from happening?

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Let Us Study
Assessing Emergency Situation for Unintentional Injuries

Accidents happen due to unavoidable circumstances. It could happen

anywhere and anytime even in the comforts of your home. Unintentional
injuries, are any injury that is not caused on purpose or with intention to
harm. According to Department of Health, Accidents is 7 out of the top 10
leading cause of deaths in the Philippines and vehicular accidents being the
most common accident that occurs. Everyone is at risk of Unintentional
Injuries that is why it is important for an individual to know how to assess
them at the same time deal with them in emergency situations in order these
injuries from getting worse.

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Factors that causes Unintentional Injuries:
• Environmental factors
o The environmental factors leading to injuries are often associated
with other environmental health risks. For example, home and
school construction and furnishing materials can lead to
unintentional injuries, and poisoning may result from exposure to
chemicals unsafely used or stored.
• Community factors
o Rural areas Unintentional Injuries are related mainly to farming
activities, pesticide poisoning, and drowning.
o Urban areas, most injuries are traffic related, or linked to gadgets
and electrical appliances, falls or poisonings resulting from
household chemicals and pharmaceuticals ingested by small
children.

METHODS IN ASSESSING UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES

IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS

1. Assess and Control the Situation

• Observing the emergency scene and remaining calm is the first thing
you should do.
• Look to see who is at the emergency scene.
• Find out what others at the scene are doing.
• If anyone is in danger or hurt, you should immediately take charge
of the situation since people tend to panic in emergency situations if
they see someone who is injured.
• If you feel you are able to help, take steps to lead and delegate those
around the emergency scene.
• When people crowd around the victim make sure to inform them to
give some space so the victim has enough space to breathe.

2. Call 911
• In the Philippines, 911 is the national emergency telephone number
for the Philippines. It is managed by the Department of the Interior
and Local Government (DILG) and is also referred to by its official
name, Emergency Network Philippines (ENP).
• For Unintentional Injuries, Emergency Medical Services is a system
that provides emergency medical care. Once it is activated by an
incident that causes serious illness or injury, the focus of EMS is
emergency medical care of the patient(s).

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3. Assessing the Environment
Identifying known hazards could prevent further casualties. Examples
include: the risk of electricity and fast moving water. Mobilize the victim to a
safer area to avoid any further injuries.

4. Assessing the Injured

After mobilizing the victim to a safer area, assess the victim if he/she is
responsive or unresponsive. The following are ways to assess the injured:
• Perform the primary and secondary survey to rapidly identify and
manage impending or actual life threats to the victim.
• If bleeding occurs, place a sterile bandage or clean cloth on the
wound. Press the bandage firmly with your palm to control bleeding.
Don't put direct pressure on an eye injury or embedded object.
• If dislocation occurs, don't move the joint. Until you receive help,
splint the affected joint into its fixed position.

5. Know your limits

The last thing you should do in an emergency situation is to wait for
professional assistance, securing that the surroundings from risks that could
further harm the victim should be your priority while waiting for medical
assistance.

Let Us Practice
Activity title: Right or Wrong

Direction: Draw a “✓” if the statement is a correct way to assess unintentional

injuries in emergency situations and “✘” if otherwise. Provide your answers in
the blanks provided.

_______1. Kyle saw an unconscious victim on the streets and the first thing he
did was to observe the emergency scene.
_______2. Paul saw a girl falling from a mango tree who also dislocated her
right leg, he tried helping her by moving her joints making her injury worse.
_______3. Lynn called the emergency hotline after her friend fainted.
_______4. Mary trained for Red Cross and applied her knowledge in real-life
emergency situations.
_______5. Earl’s father is a farmer. After a long day of work in the fields, his
father accidentally cut his hand with a sickle and bled. To stop his hand from

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bleeding, Earl place a clean cloth on the wound and press the bandage firmly
to control bleeding.
_______6. Ron saw a crowd of people surrounding an unconscious victim in
the middle of the street. He made sure to inform them to give the victim some
space so the victim would have enough space to breathe.
________7. Mark saw a man got hit by a motorcycle on his way home and
immediately gossiped with the other bystanders.
________8. After helping a boy who almost drowned on the lake, Luke waited
for further medical assistance to arrive.
________9. Ana panicked after she saw a person unconscious on the street.
________10. When the emergency responders arrived, Danny insisted to
mobilize the patient even if he doesn’t have the knowledge in assessing
emergency situations.

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 Let Us Practice More
Activity title: Tell Me More

Instruction: In 1-3 sentences, create scenarios by visualizing

yourself as a bystander who happens to witness a
motorcycle accident. Write your answers in the graphic
organizer provided.

Assess and Control the Situation

Call 911

Assessing the Environment

Assessing the Injury

Knowing your Limits

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 Let Us Remember

Health, Socio-Cultural, Psychological, Legal and Economic

Dimensions of Substance Use and Abuse
1. The environmental factors leading to injuries are often associated with
other environmental health risks such as poisoning from exposure to
chemicals unsafely used or stored and injuries caused by poor
household construction.

2. Community factors includes: a) rural areas (including: farming activities,

pesticide poisoning, and drowning) and b.) urban areas (including:
Urban traffic related, or falls or poisonings resulting from household
chemicals).

Let Us Assess
Direction: Encircle the letter of your answer

Instruction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. What is the first thing you should do in an emergency situation?

a. Observe the scene and remain calm
b. Perform primary and secondary survey
c. Identifying the hazards
d. Mobilize the victim
2. Manuel is a fisherman. While he was fishing, he fell on the sea and
almost drowned in the water. Which factor caused this kind of
unintentional injury?
a. Social Factor c. Environmental Factor
b. Community Factor d. Cultural Factor
3. A system that provides emergency medical care.
a. Emergency Services Team c. Emergency Response Services
b. Emergency Medical Services d. Emergency Crew
4. Jae is crossing the road when a motorcycle rider suddenly hit him and
injured his left leg. Which factor caused this kind of unintentional
injury?
a. Cultural Factor c. Community Factor
b. Environmental Factor d. Social Factor

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5. After doing all the assessment procedure, what should you do?
a. Gossip with the bystander.
b. Do medical care to the victim even without medical experience.
c. Leave the victim
d. Secure the victim and wait for the professional responder
6. What is an injury that is caused on purpose or with no intention to
harm?
a. Intentional Injuries c. Both a & b
b. Unintentional Injuries d. None of the above
7. What is the national emergency telephone number of the Philippines?
a. 119 c. 911
b. 123 d. 143
8. What is the government agency that is responsible for managing the
national emergency hotline?
a. DILG c. DepEd
b. DOST d. DENR
9. What is the official name of Department of Interior and Local
Government for managing national emergency hotline?
a. Emergency Philippines Network
b. Philippine Network for Emergency situation
c. Emergency Health Management
d. Emergency Network Philippines
10. Which of the following is an environmental factor causing
Unintentional Injury:
I. Drowning II. Food Poisoning

a. I only c. both I & II

b. II only d. none of the above
11. Which of the following is a community factor causing Unintentional
Injury:
I. Burns from forest fire II. Car crash injury

a. I only c. both I & II

b. II only d. none of the above
12. Which of the following is a community factor causing Unintentional
Injury:
I. Leg injury from fallen debris
II. Choking due to chemical exposure

a. I only c. both I & II

b. II only d. none of the above

13. Which of the following is an environmental factor causing

Unintentional Injury:
I. Pesticide poisoning II. Jellyfish sting infection

a. I only c. both I & II

b. II only d. none of the above

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 14. Which of the following is an environmental factor causing
Unintentional Injury:
I. Head injury after falling down from the tree
II. Head injury after getting hit by a block of cement

a. I only c. both I & II

b. II only d. none of the above
15. Which of the following is a community factor causing Unintentional
Injury:
I. Suffocation due to muriatic acid inhalant
II. Arm injury due to road accident

a. I only c. both I & II

b. II only d. none of the above

Let Us Enhance

Instructions: As a youth of this generation, how can you apply your

knowledge in Assessing Unintentional Injuries in emergency situations
in real-life scenarios? Write your answer in the blanks provided.

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 Let Us Reflect

Accidents are unavoidable circumstances that could happen anytime,

and injuries are one of its results. That is why it is crucial to know how to aid
it immediately to avoid it from getting worse. Today you’re able to describe
the factors and ways to assess unintentional injuries in emergency situations.

Having the basic knowledge and awareness in this topic important even
as a youth of today’s generation is important so that you can apply it in case
of emergencies whether it will be in your home or in school. In addition by
having basic knowledge in assessing unintentional injuries, you can also
share your knowledge with other people, especially in vulnerable situations.

Congratulations! You have accomplished this module and you did a

great job! I hope you enjoy answering this module and continue this
enthusiasm with the following modules. See you! God Bless

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Let Us Try
Unintentional Injuries- Poisoning, Falls, Vehicle Crashes, Suffocation, Drowning, Burns
Intentional Injuries- Domestic Violence, Murder, Sexual Assault, Suicide
a. Poisoning
b. Falls
c. Vehicle Crahses
d. Suffocation
Let Us Practice
1. ✓
2. ✘
3. ✓
4. ✓
5. ✓
6. ✓
7. ✘
8. ✓
9. ✘
10.✘
Let Us Assess
1.a
2.c
3.b
4.c
5.d
6.b
7.c
8.a
9.d
10.a
11.b
12.c
13.b
14.a
15.c
Answer Key
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