Standard of Learning

10.3 The student will implement personal injury prevention and self-management strategies that promote personal, family, and community health throughout life. Key concepts/skills include:

1. strategies to reduce and prevent violence;
2. peaceful resolution of conflicts;
3. administration of emergency care;
4. recognition of tendencies toward self-harm;
5. recognition of life-threatening situations;
6. crisis-management strategies;
7. methods of avoiding gang-related activity and the use of weapons to commit violent acts of aggression;
8. recognition of when to seek support for self and others.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will recognize life-threatening situations, utilize crisis-management strategies, and demonstrate emergency care skills.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• explain crisis management. (remain calm, calm others, quick evaluation and action, etc.)
• evaluate life-threatening situations. (situations that may cause death, such as poisoning, respiratory obstruction, severe bleeding, elevated body temperature, heart attack, stroke, burns, etc.)
• demonstrate first aid treatment for someone who:
  • is experiencing a respiratory or cardiac emergency;
  • has an open or closed wound;
  • is burned;
  • is suffering from an environmental emergency;
  • has an injury to bones, joints, or muscles;
  • faints;
  • has been bitten by an animal;
  • has a head, neck, or back injury;
  • is in shock;
  • has symptoms of a stroke; and
  • has been poisoned. (swallowed, absorbed, injected, or inhaled)

Sample Lessons

In the Mix: "Suicide Prevention"
Grade(s): 7-12
This lesson plan is designed for students in middle school and all the way up through high school.  Students will use cards to sort and understand a large quantity of information regarding suicidal teens, then apply what they learn to analyses of case studies.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/educators/lessons/depression2/index.html
Free

In the Mix: "What is Depression"
Grade(s): 9-12
In this lesson, students will examine teenage depression: what it's all about, how it feels, and ways to deal with it. This will be accomplished by small group discussions, recalling life events that trigger depressive episodes, self-reflection and topic research. Upon completion, students will have a better understanding of depression and how it relates to their own lives.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/educators/lessons/depression1/index.html
Free

Lightning
Grades 5-9
Lightning is an interactive lesson that teaches kids about weather phenomenon lightning and thunder. The lesson explains the science behind lightning and thunder, covers lightning safety rules, has experiments dealing with electrical attraction, and has an online quiz to check student's knowledge.
http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/lightning/teachers.html
Sponsor: Weather Eye
Free

Risky Business
Grades 6-12
Through this lesson students will review the possible consequences of making risky choices, become familiar with statistics involving teens, and create and play a board game designed to show how bad choices can lead to setbacks.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/riskyBusiness/
Sponsor: Discovery Education
Free

Samaritans: "Understanding Depression"
Grade(s): 8-10
The purpose of this lesson is for students to hopefully learn about some of the ways they may be able to help someone who is feeling depressed.  Also they might be able to identify with why someone might be feeling depressed or hopeless, and to recognize the signs that indicate that someone is becoming depressed.
http://www.samaritans.org/pdf/B1UnderstandingDepression.pdf
Free

Samaritans: "Understanding Self-Injury"
Grade(s): 8-10
In this lesson students will be taught to challenge misconceptions surrounding self-injury, and to discuss routes to find help and support.  Along with learning those skills, students will also learn to practice how to help support someone who is self injuring and to understand what self-injury is.
http://www.samaritans.org/pdf/B2UnderstandingSelf.pdf
Free

Samaritans: "Understanding Suicide"
Grade(s): 8-10
In this lesson students will identify when someone may be seriously considering suicide and will dispel some of the myths and misunderstandings about suicide.  Then while participating in those activities, they will learn about some of the ways that students may be able to help someone who is feeling suicidal.
http://www.samaritans.org/pdf/B3UnderstandingSuicide.pdf
Free

Seat Belt Safety Report
Grades 9-12
After having students read a CNNfyi Article on "Buckle Down on Seat Belt Use" they will discuss the importance of wearing a seat belt.
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2001/fyi/lesson.plans/05/22/seat.belts.da/
Sponsor CNN
Free

Stormy Weather
Grades 6-9
Through this lesson students will gain a better understanding of how storms are formed and the precautions that should be taken to protect oneself.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/lightning/
Sponsor: Discovery Education
Free

Teen Life Counts Suicide Prevention
Grade: 10
Students take part in a four-day "suicide prevention program" in their sophomore year. It is a very active learning experience in which every student is called upon to answer questions in class and to take part in discussions. They learn the signs and symptoms of depression as well as myths about suicide and depression.
http://www.jsea.org/FileUploads/Guidance-Bonitatibus.pdf
Free

Violence Prevention
Grades 6-12
Students will be able to recognize and explain that violence is learned and often carried out through the media. Students will also be able to identify nonviolent scenarios and be able to reconstruct a violence situation into a nonviolence situation.
http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/ViewLesson.asp?ID=30
Sponsor: PE Central
Free

Lesson Ideas

• Students work in groups to research emergency treatments then prepare class demonstrations that provide information about recognizing and managing the situation.

Additional Instructional Resources

• American Red Cross - http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster
• Athletic Trainer
• Call 1-800-SUICIDE - http://www.hopeline.com
• The Educators Reference Desk- School Safety - http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Health/Safety
• Emergency and First Aid - http://www.healthy.net/clinic/firstaid
• First Aid Page - http://www.expage.com/page/lacieking
• Health Teacher (membership fee) - http://www.healthteacher.com
• Local Fire Department (EMTs, Rescue Personnel, etc.)
• National Education Association-Health Information Network - http://www.neahin.org/programs/schoolsafety/resources
• School Nurse
• Virginia Family Violence and Sexual Assault Hotline - http://www.vadv.org

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• demonstrate CPR and rescue breathing.
• demonstrate basic first aid for choking, bleeding, splinting, etc.
• create simulated crisis situations and crisis management strategies.
• become certified in first aid or CPR.
• provide a written response to situations requiring emergency care.

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