Week2: FIRST AID AND FIRST AID MATERIALS

                                                   Week 2

JSS2                               BASIC TECHNOLOGY

TOPIC:                FIRST AID AND FIRST AID MATERIALS

Specific objectives

By the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:

·                Define first aid

·                Define a first aider

·                Identify the materials found in a first aid box

·                Explain the uses of first aid materials

FIRST AID:

This is defined as the immediate treatment given to an injured/ sick person to save life before taking him/her to the hospital or before the arrival of the doctor.

The person that administers first aid to a casualty is known as the first aider.

Note: casualty is defined as a victim of accident. The person may be injured or dead.

The First Aid Box:

This is the box that contains all the first aid materials used for administering first aid.

Materials found in the first aid box:

·                                        Plasters: used for covering up cuts or wounds.

·                                        Cotton: used for draining of blood

·                                        Scissors: used for cutting out plasters, guaze and bandages to be used in administering first aid

·                                        Paracetamol/aspirin: They are used as pain relievers

·                                        Safety pin: They are used to fix bandages and hold it in place.

·                                        Bandage: used for holding broken bones or dislocated joints in place.

·                                        Iodine: used for controlling bleeding            in small cuts/injury

·                                        G.V (gentian violet): it has weak anti bacterial effects and helps your wound to heal faster.

·                                        Hydrogen peroxide: used for preventing infection in your wound or minor cuts

·                                        Glucose: used for boosting energy

Assignment:

·                Draw a first aid box.

·                Define a casualty

·                Who is a first aider

·                What is used as pain reliever in the first aid

·                What is the full meaning of G.V