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Year 10 - Physical education

Survival skills and first aid

Outdoor adventurous activities: outdoor pursuits and team challenges

Unit Summary

This unit will develop pupils' independence and team working skills through outdoor pursuits and challenges. It will challenge pupils to think about and gain competence in lifestyle pursuits that encourage engagement beyond school whilst also developing physical fitness and connection to nature.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to demonstrate basic first aid skills in a range of scenarios.

Key Notes

  • Move: the faster we pump our arms and drive our legs to collect clues, the more time we have to work out what they mean.
  • Move: kneeling by a casualty, arms kept straight, allows you to utilise your body weight when completing compressions.
  • Think: understanding RICE & DRABC enables correct selection of the appropriate first aid response to keep someone safe.
  • Feel: remaining calm and using the acronyms as a guide can help manage potentially stressful situations.
  • Connect: working with others to practice supporting someone in need demonstrates empathy, teamwork and respect.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • CPR: a life-saving emergency procedure called cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • DRABC: an acronym danger, response, airway, breathing, circulation
  • RICE: an acronym for rest, ice, compression, elevation

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • I am not a qualified first aider so I can't help someone in need.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: the faster we pump our arms and drive our legs to collect clues, the more time we have to work out what they mean. Move: kneeling by a casualty, arms kept straight, allows you to utilise your body weight when completing compressions.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'CPR'

a life-saving emergency procedure called cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: I am not a qualified first aider so I can't help someone in need. Correction: Basic knowledge can allow you to help with minor injuries. Knowing what to do in certain circumstances means that you can support and hopefully make a difference for any more major situations.

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