1. Injury Prevention Inquiry GRADE 9 HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

2. 1) 5 common injuries in sport. Before you look anything up, see if you can list 5 injuries that you know of. You may use the following table format: Use more than one source when looking up injuries. The following sources will help you get started: http://ca.askmen.com/top_10/fitness_top_ten/31_fitness_list.html http://www.mensfitness.com/training/pro-tips/sports-injuries-8-most-common-injuries http://www.webmd.com/men/features/seven-most-common-sports-injuries InjuryWhat damage has occurred How it may have happened

3. 2) Injury Prevention Although injuries can occur due to accidents and freak events which can’t be mitigated against, there are ways to reduce the risk. Much is to do with the preparation you do before you play. http://saveyourself.ca/articles/injury-prevention.php http://www.stopsportsinjuries.org/sports-injury-prevention.aspx http://www.brianmac.co.uk/injury.htm

4. 3) Intrinsic and Extrinsic Risk Factors Risk is a situation that involves the exposure to danger. Assessing and understanding risk is the first steps towards avoiding harmful situations. When exploring intrinsic and extrinsic situations, suggest risks that are relevant to your life. These sources will help you understand what intrinsic and extrinsic risks are. Note: the words intrinsic and extrinsic have slightly meaning on their own. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7O97cN8OR0 http://www.slideshare.net/craigdarby/session-3-extrinsic-risk-factors http://www.slideshare.net/craigdarby/session-4-intrinsic-risk-factors-sport- injuries?next_slideshow=1http://www.slideshare.net/craigdarby/session-4-intrinsic-risk-factors-sport- injuries?next_slideshow=1

5. 4) Risk awareness Just by being aware of a risk you can reduce the chances of the risk turning into harm. Follow the path from the classroom, down to goodlife and over to the park. Include the risks that may occur on the field.

6. 5) Risk mitigation procedure When a high risk event is likely to happen a protocol should be put in place to reduce the risk. List the procedure in steps starting from when the ball is kicked onto the road and ends with the lesson being able to continue.

7. 6) Treating Injury After an injury is diagnosed there are steps you should take to make the best possible recovery. http://www.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/concussion/overview.html http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Sports-injuries/Pages/Treatment.aspx

8. 7) CPR Hopefully you will never need to use CPR, but what if you did? What if that someone is a loved one? Having a bit of first aid knowledge may save someone’s life. http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m4240170_Adult_ready_refer ence.pdfhttp://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m4240170_Adult_ready_refer ence.pdf http://www.redcross.ca/what-we-do/first-aid-and-cpr/first-aid-at-home/first-aid- tips/compression-only-cprhttp://www.redcross.ca/what-we-do/first-aid-and-cpr/first-aid-at-home/first-aid- tips/compression-only-cpr http://depts.washington.edu/learncpr/quickcpr.html