Grade 11

First aid

Academic Year 2022/2023 – Term 1

Unit-2

Lesson no. 2.1

Lesson name: The purpose of first aid

Learning outcome

By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to:

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explain the purpose of first aid and identify who can provide it.

Keywords

• Treatment – علاج something that deals with a disease or an injury and makes someone feel better or become healthy again
• Certified –موثق having met the official requirements needed to do a certain type of work
• Accredited – معتمد to say that something is good enough to be given official approval
• Injury – إصابة harm or damage: an act that causes someone to no longer be fully healthy
• Casualty – مصاب a person who is killed or injured by an event or accident
• Conscious – واعي a person who is awake and aware of their surroundings

First aid

• Helps a casualty to recover quickly.
• Could save a person’s life.
• Usually given for minor illnesses or injuries.
• Sometimes given for more serious illness or injury.

The emergency help given to a sick or injured person until they receive full medical treatment.

First aid

• Always ask the injured person for permission to perform first aid (where possible).
• If you give first aid you should try to make sure that your actions will not cause further harm to the patient.
• New UAE law states that you will not be punished if you want to give first aid in an emergency situation and the person gets harmed as a result. (The good Samaritan law)

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Knows basic medical treatments and can help using some kit.

How to become certified

• There are many different types of first aid training, from basic to advanced levels.
• Accredited means the training is a high enough standard to be recognised internationally.

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Accredited certifications are the most useful

The benefits of learning first aid

Safer community

Life-long skills

• More trained people = safer local area
• If there was a first aid incident in your community, you would be prepared to help.

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• Skills learned at a first aid course will be useful for your whole life.
• Skills can be used at home, in school or in public.
• Usually certifications must be renewed yearly but the skills needed to pass do not change.

The benefits of learning first aid

Save lives

More confidence

• The skills you learn could save a person’s life one day. Be it a stranger or family member.

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• Skills to deal with accidents and emergencies.
• If you are confident, you are more likely to stay calm in an emergency.

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Learning outcome

By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to:

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explain the purpose of first aid and identify who can provide it.

Conclusion

Questions

Recap