On page 11, your student booklet lists some common safety hazards, including choking hazards, tripping and falling hazards, water hazards, and poison dangers.


• Is a jawbreaker a choking hazard? (Yes.) Why? (It can get stuck in your throat.) • What about peanut butter? (Yes.) Why? (It can get stuck in your throat.)


• Could climbing a tree be a falling hazard? (Yes.) Why? (You could slip or fall while climbing, or a branch could break.)


• Is a swimming pool a water hazard? (Yes.) Why? (Children can drown in swimming pools.) Any body of water can be a water hazard. Toddlers and young children can drown in very shallow water, even an open toilet bowl.


• What about vitamins? (Yes.) If you take more than the appropriate amount of any vitamin or medicine, it can be poisonous.


Let’s look at the bottom of the page. Do any of you have an allergy or know someone who is allergic to something? [Allow students to raise their hands.] Allergies are very common, and it’s important to be aware of the allergies of those around you, including friends, neighbors, and younger brothers and sisters. Why would you want to be aware that a friend, neighbor, or younger sibling has an allergy? (So that you can help them avoid the allergen, and therefore prevent an allergic reaction.)


What does an allergic reaction look like? [Allow students to describe allergic reactions that they have experienced or witnessed in others. An allergic reaction could look very different, depending on the severity of the allergy: runny nose and itchy eyes, wheezing, hives, difficulty breathing, even loss of consciousness or shock.]


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Turn the page so that you are looking at pages 12 and 13. One of the most important things that you will learn today is the system that Safe Sitter®


uses to decide who should handle an injury or illness.


The decision about who should handle any injury or health problem is based on the seriousness and urgency of the problem.


What does “serious” mean? (The situation is more than you can handle; outside help is needed.) What does “urgent” mean? (Help is needed right away.)


• Look at the red number 1 on page 12. If the injury or illness is both serious and urgent, then call 9-1-1 because this is a THREAT TO LIFE.


– If someone has trouble or stops breathing, is that a THREAT TO LIFE? (Yes, because if they can’t breathe, they may die.)


• Look at the yellow number 2. If it is a serious injury or illness, but it is not urgent, then ask a back-up adult to come help. An injury or illness that is serious but not urgent, means it is not a threat to life, but it will require help or medical treatment.


– For example, if you get sick and start to vomit, that is serious, but not urgent. You need help from your parent or a back-up adult, and you may need to go to the doctor, but vomiting is not a threat to life. You won’t die.


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