1. Can you help?
What should I do?
6 What should you do? Unjumble the texts. Then watch the video and check.
□Then, hit them firmly on the back 5 times or
until the ambulance arrives.
□Keep giving them back hits until something is
coughed up
□If they are still chocking, call an ambulance
□If someone is choking, find out if they can
speak, breath or cough.
□Check if anything is coughed up.
REMEMBER: If someone is choking, you should ___________________________
□Quickly and calmly get their inhaler
□Ask them if they're ok.
□If the inhaler doesn't help, call 999
□Talk to them calmly and explain you are going
to get their inhaler
□Encourage them to use their inhaler
□If someone has an asthma attack, get the
person to sit comfortably
REMEMBER: If ______________________________________________________
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SESSION 4SESSION 4
What should you do
if someone was choking?
And what should you do
if someone was having
an asthma attack?
TEXTS ADAPTED FROM: http://www.redcross.org.uk/What-we-do/Teaching-resources/Teaching-packages/Microsite/Life-Live-it-first-aid-education-for-children/Emergency-
action/How-to-videos
2. Can you help?
7 What should they do? In pairs, guess the problems. Then find the reasons for those
problems and give them the right advice.
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I think this one goes with dislocated arm.
I don't agree. The reason for dislocated arm
is that he fell down the stairs.
I agree. What about the advice?
You should hold your arm tight with a piece of
cloth, put some ice and call an ambulance.
Reasons:
Advice:
Problem:
___________
Reasons:
Advice:
Problem:
___________
Reasons:
Advice:
Problem:
___________
3. Can you help?
I remembered what I did in my first aid class; I held my arm tight with a piece of cloth, my friends
went to look for some ice and called for an ambulance.
My father saw me, and called 061. In the hospital they injected epinephrine and I got better.
My sister and I love fireworks so much that we decided to buy some firecrackers without my
parents’ permission. When we were lighting them, one exploded.
I didn't have breakfast and it was really hot outside. I felt weak and I stopped hearing properly. I
fainted.
My nose started itching so I scratched it compulsively. Suddenly, it started to bleed.
My friend saw me and he said, “when you have a nosebleed, you have to look down, pinch your
nose and breathe through your mouth. Never upwards!
My teacher saw me and asked me to lie on the floor. She asked me to raise my legs, she gave me
a banana and some water. She also made sure I had plenty of air to breathe.
I was eating a peanut sandwich, it was the first time I tried it. I felt tickles on my tongue, then I
felt like my tongue was burning.
My parents took us home; they put my sister’s hand under cool running water for 10 minutes and
then, they covered the burnt wound with sterile bandages.
I was playing with my friends near the stairs. I wasn't careful… and I fell down! When I stood up, I
noticed that one arm looked larger than the other…it was dislocated!
LANGUAGE TO DISCUSS
I think this one goes with ...
What about …?
What do you think?
I agree / I don't agree / Maybe
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