Course Outline for Our Preventing and Responding to Emergencies Homeschool Health and Fitness Curriculum

Nine Preventing and Responding to Emergencies homeschool health and fitness lessons provide upper elementary students with basic safety instruction. This course is not intended to give medical advice or be used as a substitute for formal emergency training.

More About Our Preventing and Responding to Emergencies Homeschool Health and Fitness Curriculum

Do your students know how to respond if they see someone drowning? How can they recognize a potentially dangerous situation with a stranger, and what should they do if they are in an uncomfortable situation with a stranger? What if someone they are with is bitten by a snake or has a reaction to an insect or spider bite? How can they prevent hypothermia, and how can they know if someone has it?

These are a few of the questions explored by this basic introduction to emergency safety. The Preventing and Responding to Emergencies homeschool health and fitness course also looks at frostbite, hyperthermia, heat exhaustion, burns, poison, electrical shock, cuts and scrapes, broken bones, sprains, and how to assemble a first aid kit. Emergencies arise without warning, so it is critical to be prepared ahead of time. They can also arise in regular, everyday situations. Being familiar with potential hazards and learning how to identify and avoid them is the first step toward staying safe. This homeschool health course is designed for upper elementary students and should be studied with parents. It is not intended to give medical advice or work as a substitute for formal emergency training.