Health and physical education / Year 9 and 10 / Personal, Social and Community Health / Being healthy, safe and active

Curriculum content descriptions

Plan, rehearse and evaluate options (including CPR and first aid) for managing situations where their own or others’ health, safety and wellbeing may be at short or long term risk (ACPPS091)

Elaborations
  • proposing and practising a range of realistic responses to scenarios where peers are encouraging them to take unnecessary risks
  • planning and practising responses to emergencies where they may be required to administer first aid to a friend, including CPR
  • critiquing the appropriateness and effectiveness of help and support services available for young people in the local community
  • examining policies and processes for ensuring safe blood practices when participating in physical activities
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

School safety,  First aid

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