Standard of Learning

2.4   The student will recognize the influence that health resources and professionals have on personal health. Key concepts/skills include:

1. health care professionals, resources, and services;
2. emergency services;
3. print, audiovisual, and electronic media.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will understand that emergency services provide essential medical care for individuals and communities.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

Students will demonstrate ways to locate and contact emergency services in their community.

Sample Lessons

Everyday Hazards: Safety Lessons
Grades K-2
VDFP Kids focuses on four broad safety themes: installing and testing smoke alarms; planning and practicing escape routes; bicycle safety and hunting for home hazards. Each theme addresses major safety concerns for children in grades K-6. These lessons are correlated to the Virginia Standards of Learning.
http://www.vafire.com/fire_safety_education/vdfpkidsk-2.html
Sponsor: Virginia Department of Fire Programs
Free

Fire and Fire Prevention
Grades 2-3
A thematic unit on fire and fire prevention is essential for students of all age levels. However, knowledge of this topic becomes particularly important for young children, who are vulnerable when a fire occurs due to their inexperience and lack of knowledge about the potential dangers of fire. Children in the second or third grades often use appliances, and they may be placed in situations where fires can easily occur. Teaching children about the dangers of fire and informing them about how to become active in preventing fires may actually prove life-saving should they ever be involved in a serious fire.
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Health/Safety/SFY0012.html
Sponsor: The Educator’s Reference Desk
Free

The Fire Triangle: How Fires Burn
Grades K-2
This lesson will examine three things that fire needs to continue burning (fuel, oxygen, and heat). Students will learn the safest method of stopping a personal fire (Stop, Drop, and Roll).
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Health/Safety/SFY0202.html
Sponsor: Educator’s Reference Desk
Free

Safety Watchers
Grades K-8
Following the successful format of Masters of Disaster™ natural hazards curriculum for children, Safety Watchers Home Fire Safety Lessons were written to meet education standards in science, math, and language arts, social studies, and art. The curriculum provides proactive ways for students and families to prepare and plan ahead by writing home evacuation plans and practicing drills, focusing on preparedness and safety.
http://www.vafire.com/fire_safety_education/curriculum.html
Sponsor: American Red Cross
Free

Lesson Ideas

• Assess the students' knowledge of the important points in the emergencies lesson (i.e., stay calm, call 911 or other emergency telephone numbers).
• Remind students that emergency numbers should be placed near the telephone.
• Review the basic rules with students. Have the students complete identification cards including writing emergency numbers. Explain that reporting the emergency is the only way the injured person can get help. If there is no telephone nearby they should try to find one or get help from neighbors or passing vehicles.
• Have the students break into groups and pretend to be the person reporting the emergency, the injured person, the operator receiving the call, or the onlookers.
• NOTE: A 911 operator (or police, ambulance, fire station operator) would best be able to explain to students the importance of calling only in an emergency and how to do a good job reporting. This person could give a presentation. Then the students could role-play and he/she could give reinforcement.
• Introduce the steps to be taken in an emergency, stressing the importance of staying calm and acting fast but correctly.
• Teach the students how to call 911 (or fIre station, ambulance, police department) for help including giving their name, address, and telephone number to operator. (Practice will be done in the next lesson).
• Discuss the possible emergencies in and near the home, on the street, near the water, etc., and what types of vehicles usually come to the rescue.

Instructional Resources

• Emergency Services Information
• Department of Public Health
• American Red Cross – Children's Emergency Services - http://www.redcross.org
• Emergency Medical Services for Children - http://www.ems-c.org
• Virginia Department of Emergency Management - http://www.vdem.state.va.us

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• locate on the city map the nearest police station to his or her home.
• find the section of the phone directory where emergency numbers are listed.

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