1. Focus: Students will identify first aid precautions dealing with blood.
Goal: To understand how to care safely for someone who is bleeding.
Standard: NHES# - Safe and healthy environment
Warm-up: Interview your peer, record answer, be prepared to report back to whole class.
What would you do if your friend began to bleed from a paper cut while at your house?
Your friend sliced his finger off, what do you do?
Create your own critical thinking question.

2. Notes:
When dealing with another person’s blood or body fluids, always wear gloves if possible.
Don’t expose cuts or scratches to another person’s blood. Wash hands after exposure.

3. Severe Bleeding
a. Lie person down. Head wounds: head higher than body always.
b. Apply pressure, using bandage or clean cloth.
c. When bleeding stops, wrap area with clean cloth or bandage, tie or tape in place.
d. If bleeding starts again – apply pressure and more bandages.
e. If bleeding is difficult to control, put pressure on major arterial pressure points. EX: belt
f. Seek medical attention. CALL 911

4. 2. Cuts and Scrapes
a. Apply pressure until bleeding stops.
b. If bleeding continues after minutes, seek medical attention.
c. After bleeding stops, wash area with soap and water, cover with clean cloth or bandage.
d. Watch area for signs of infections such as redness, swelling, pain or tenderness, and oozing of fluid.
e. Seek medical attention for treatment of infection.
f. Tetanus shot may be necessary (bacterial disease – causing painful spasm of voluntary muscles).

5. Scraped Knee

6. Group Activity Directions: Confer with peers and answer in notebook.
How do you apply direct pressure to a wound that is bleeding?
What should you do if the bleeding is heavy?
How do you elevate the wound?
What should you do if muscle or bone is showing through a large cut?