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TERM/WEEKS:

YEAR LEVEL:

10

LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Health / First Aid

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM HEALTH AND

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
General Capabilities:
Literacy

Numeracy

ICT

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and
Cultures

AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
LINKS

WEEK/
LESSON

Personal,
Movement &
Social &
Physical Activity

Critical and creative

thinking

Ethical Understanding

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

SPECIFIC
LESSON
OBJECTIVE

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

TEACHING &
LEARNING
EXPERIENCES
(include
learner
diversity)

Personal and social

Competence

Intercultural
Understanding

Sustainability

KEY
QUESTIONS

RESOURCES

Community
Health
1

Plan, rehearse
and evaluate o
ptions
(including CPR
and first aid)
for managing
situations
where their
own or others
health, safety
and
wellbeing may
be at risk.

(ACPPS09
1)

Introduction to First
Aid:
- Define the
history of the
Red Cross
Symbol and how
it relates to First
Aid
- Explain the
meaning of the
acronym
DRSABCD and
protection of self
in the D
- Investigate and
write a blog
about the
famous
Australian story
of Simpson and
his donkey

Verbal question
and answer on
topic
Ability to research
and find required
information
Understanding of
self-preservation

Introduction:
- What do the students know about first aid?
- Create a blog via Kid Blog
- Create a tagxedo of words they associate with first
aid & upload to blog
- Students to watch video:
http://www.redcross.org.au/first-aid-app.aspx
Teachers to prompt for a response.
- Students to then download the app onto a smart
device if they have one.
Body of Lesson:
- Teacher to introduce topic of the Red Cross
unanimously recognised with First Aid. Bit of history
and where it came from.
- Students to then research Simpson and His
Donkey. Students to find out:
Who he was
Why he is famous
What is his legacy
- Upload findings on blog
- Introduce the DRSABCD. Discuss as a group what
is self-preservation and what is negligence? Why is
the D so important?
Conclusion:

How did you

feel after
watching the
video?

Weebly website
Lesson 1

Who was
Simpson?

Tagxedo

What is selfpreservation
and why is it
important?

Kid Blog

Red Cross First

Aid App

- Students ensure both Tagxedo & Simpson and His

Donkey tasks are uploaded on their blog. Fast finishers
can write constructive comments on other blogs they
like

Plan, rehearse
and evaluate o
ptions
(including CPR
and first aid)
for managing
situations
where their
own or others
health, safety
and
wellbeing may
be at risk.

(ACPPS09
1)

Conscious casualty
('DRSAB'):
-

Revise and
expand
understanding
of acronym
DRSABCD
Learn the
recovery
position
(DRSAB)

Verbal question
and answer on
topic
Ability to
demonstrate
teacher
instructions
Demonstrate the
recovery position
Ability to research
& find suitable
examples

Introduction:
- Refresh what DRSABCD stands for & blog the
acronym
- Watch YouTube Video Surf Life Saving Australia
Heroes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=fjhFEljpvUM
Body of Lesson:
- Students are now going to learn how to become
heroes themselves
- Teacher to demonstrate on student how to
complete DRSAB & put a conscious casualty in
the recovery position
- Students to get into pairs & have a go themselves
- Once the students understand this process teacher
to proceed to the unconscious casualty
Conclusion:
- Students to find out what CPR stands for & find a
video example
- Upload definition & video onto blog
- This will be the lead in for the next lesson

How did the

SLSSA video
make you
feel?
How important
is the S in the
acronym?
How could
people around
them help in a
first aid
situation?

Weebly website
Lesson 2
Surf Life Saving
Australia Ad
Heroes
You Tube
Kid Blog

Plan, rehearse
and evaluate o
ptions
(including CPR
and first aid)
for managing
situations
where their
own or others
health, safety
and
wellbeing may
be at risk.

(ACPPS09
1)

Unconscious
casualty:
(DRSABC)
- Learn and apply
procedure of
how to clear a
blocked airway
& how to
proceed to CPR
- Perform CPR
- Identify when
CPR can be
stopped
Observe and trial the
use of the
Defibrillator: (D)
- How it works?
- Why it saves
lives?

Verbal question
and answer on
topic
Ability to
demonstrate
teacher
instructions
Demonstrate CPR
on a mannequin
Understanding of
what a defibrillator
is and how it
relates to the
CPR process

Introduction:
- Watch video of a real-life CPR situation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8tZT2Jx8H0
**View from 2.50 3.40 gives the idea of what
CPR looks like on a real person compared to the
mannequin
Body Lesson:
- Teacher to explain the concept of CPR;
30 Compressions & 2 breaths
Correct hand position on chest
Head tilt & pistol grip
- Students to get into pairs & have a go themselves
- Once students have completed this create a Padlet
with what they think is the most important thing
about CPR
- Teacher introduce the defibrillator & demonstrate
on mannequin
- Class discussion on defibrillator
Conclusion:
- Students to complete online quiz
https://www.stjohnvic.com.au/testmyfirstaid/index.a
sp
- Screenshot quiz result and upload it onto blog

Who would
feel confident
after this class
to perform
CPR?
Does this
school have a
defibrillator? If
so, do you
know where it
is located?

Weebly website
Lesson 3
Padlet
St Johns Online
First Aid Test
Kid Blog

Plan, rehearse
and evaluate o
ptions
(including CPR
and first aid)
for managing
situations
where their
own or others
health, safety
and
wellbeing may
be at risk.

(ACPPS09
1)

First Aid applications:

-

Observe and trial

the correct
procedures of
applying first aid
in each of the
following
scenarios:
Bleeding
(RED
principle)
Burns (hot, cold
or chemical)
Broken Bones
(open & closed)
Bites (marine
and land)

Verbal question
and answer on
topic

Introduction:
- Refresh DRSABCD from last week and putting an
unconscious casualty into the recovery position.

Ability to
demonstrate
teacher
instructions

Body of the lesson:

- Each group (groups of 2 or 3 depending on the
number of devices available**) to have a smart
phone or tablet to complete this task.
- Introduction and demo of how to use QR codes
given by the teacher.
- Using QR codes at set stations across the room
students to arrive at a station and given a scenario.
- Underneath the scenario will be images,
instructions or a video that demonstrates what they
will be required to do. Each scenario will involve
either bleeding, burn, broken bone or bite.

Understanding of
why certain first
aid techniques
are required for
particular injuries
Complete work
sheet with
scavenger hunt

Conclusion:
- Students to write in their blog at the end of the
lesson how they would feel dealing with each
scenario in a real situation and
- Some simple steps to help them memorise what to
do for each emergency situation.
- Students to use the Australian Red Cross First Aid
app and test themselves on the 4 Bs covered in
the lesson.
**If you do not have smart devices, this can still be run
by printing off instructions and visual demonstrations at
each station.

How will you

remember
what
equipment and
methods of
first aid are
required for
each
situation?
Who has a first
aid kit or has
one at home?
Do you know
the contents of
it? Could you
use it in any of
these
situations?

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Lesson 4
Smart device
(enough for one
between 2 or 3)
First aid
equipment that
needs to be set
up at each
station, eg;
triangular
bandages and
magazines at
the break
station.
Pre-arranged
QR codes with
information. For
example:
Using the app
from lesson 1
find out how
to.. and
attempt it on
your partner
Kid Blog