First aid basics: lesson plan 1
Date:
Year group:
Students will learn:
a. to consider why it is important to learn first aid
b. why their own safety must come first
c. how to assess if a person is unconscious
d. how to help someone who is unconscious and breathing
e. what to say and do if they make an emergency call
Resources
Casualty cards
Using the lesson presentation:
This lesson is designed to allow for flexible planning for lessons between 30 and 90
minutes. For a 30 minute lesson follow the introduction; choose one 5 minute activity from
‘Activity one’; one 5 minute activity from ‘Activity two’, one 10 minute activity from ‘Activity
3’, then finish with a 5 minute plenary.
Introduction: why first aid is important
Choose from the following alternatives:
> Students take part in a debate about first aid. Follow notes on slides 5 - 7. (Time
needed: 5 minutes)
> Students offer responses to a range of questions about first aid. Follow notes on slides
8 and 9. (Time needed: 5 minutes)
Activity 1 – Staying safe
Choose from the following alternatives:
> Students vote on who is the most important person at an accident scene.
Follow notes on slides 10-12. (Time needed: 10 minutes)
> Students spot dangers in a household scene. Slide 13. (Time needed: 5 minutes)
First aid basics 1: Lesson plan
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Activity 2 – Assessing whether a person is unconscious and breathing
Choose from the following alternatives:
> Students identify ways they would check if a person was unconscious and list questions
they might ask themselves on discovering an unconscious person.
Follow notes on slide 15. (Time needed: 10 minutes)
> Students investigate how tilting the head alters the position of the tongue, and learn
how to check if someone is breathing.
Follow notes on slides 16-19. (Time needed: 5 minutes)
Activity 3 – Helping someone who is unconscious and breathing
> Students view a video clip and then practise putting someone on their side.
Follow notes on slide 20. (Time needed: 20 minutes)
> Students role-play an emergency call. Follow notes on slides 21 and 22.
(Time needed: 10 minutes)
Plenary
Recap learning using summary on slide 23. (Time needed: 5 minutes)
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