I. Objectives1. Define First Aid2. Know when to use First Aid3. Be able to perform the correct First Aid technique at a given situation

Introduction

First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by non-experts (or sometimes by an expert in case of an emergency), but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care past the first aid intervention. It generally consists of a series of simple and in some cases, potentially life-saving techniques that an individual can be trained to perform with minimal equipment.

II. Topic: BASIC FIRST AID FOR COMMON INJURIES AND CONDITIONS

Activity 1.Explain First Aid, when to use and how to use it.Materials: Powerpoint Presentation, role playing, picturesAnalysis: What is First Aid?

What are the materials needed in performing First Aid?Can we improvise if the materials are not available?When do we use First Aid?What are the priorities in giving First Aid?

Activity 2. Identify the First Aid Kit materialsMaterials: Powerpoint Presentation, role playing, picturesAnalysis: What are the materials found in a First Aid Kit?

Can you describe the contents of a First Aid Kit?How do we improvise if a certain material in a First Aid Kit is not available?What is the use of each of the contents of a First Aid Kit?Are the materials readily available anywhere?

Activity 3.Enumerate common injuries that needed First AidMaterials: Powerpoint Presentation, picturesAnalysis: What are the common injuries that needed First Aid?

When do we use a splint?When do we use a mouth-to-mouth resuscitation?When do we use a CPR?If there is bleeding, what First Aid will we use?

Activity 4.Demonstrate First Aid Technique to a given situationMaterials: First Aid Kit (improvise if possible), role playingAnalysis: If you are a Boy Scout, what is the use of your neckerchief?

What First Aid will you use if there is a fractured bone?If sprain occurs, what is the best thing to do?When someone is drowned, what is the immediate thing to do?Do we use a CPR immediately in a drowned victim?

Activity 5.Pupils will do First Aid to a given situationMaterials: First Aid Kit (improvise if possible), role playingAnalysis: Did the pupils do the activity properly

Did they manage to perform the correct First Aid technique to the situation?Did they use the correct material in performing the First Aid?What are the improvisation they made when a material is not available?Did they perform a CPR properly?

III. Abstraction/Generalization

Learning basic first aid techniques can help you cope with an emergency. You may be able to keep a person breathing, reduce their pain or minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness until an ambulance arrives. This could mean the difference between life and death for them.

It is a good idea to take a first aid course so that you can recognize an emergency and give basic first aid until professional help arrives.

IV. Application1. What will you do when someone falls off a bicycle and scrapes his knees?2. What First Aid will you use in a twisted ankle?

V. Assessment1. What is a First Aid?

a. It is an immediate, temporary treatment.b. It is an immediate, permanent treatment.c. It is a treatment given at the operating room.d. All of the above

2. It involves a break in the continuous line of the bone or cartilage.a. dislocation b. sprain c. fracture d. none of these

3. This injury occurs when the muscles are stretched too much.a. fracture b. sprain c. dislocation d. cramps

4. What will you do to revive a knocked out person?a. mouth-to-mouth resuscitation c. CPRb. ECG d. BCG

5. Why is First Aid important?a. to avoid further injury c. to avoid too much blood lossb. to avoid too much pain d. all of these

Prepared by:

EMILY F. PONTANOS