7th Grade-Hoover-Lesson 1: First Aid and Helping Others

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a quality of a helpful person?

• Compassion

• Selfishness

• Indifference

• Impatience

Open Ended

Why is it important to know how to give first aid and help others in emergencies?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a goal of first aid?

• Prevent further injury or death

• Reduce pain

• Make the injury worse

• Save a life

Open Ended

What personal qualities might someone have that might enable them to help others?

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank: Learning first aid can help you feel more ___ when helping others in an emergency.

• confident
• worried

• respected

Open Ended

What might stop someone from helping another person in a crisis situation, and how might they overcome this?

Open Ended

What first aid skills might someone use?

Open Ended

What might have inspired the girl to help the boy in need of first aid?

Multiple Select

Which of the following are qualities of a helpful person?

• Kindness

• Selfishness

• Responsibility

• Aggression

Multiple Select

Which of the following are factors that motivate people to help others?

• Empathy

• Fear of punishment

• Desire for recognition

• Indifference

Open Ended

What do you think the word bystander means?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the bystander effect?

• A situation where everyone helps immediately

• A situation where many people see someone in need but no one helps

• A situation where only one person is present

• A situation where everyone ignores the problem because they don't care

Open Ended

What stops people from helping in a first aid situation when lots of people are around? What can happen as a result?

Open Ended

What are some other reasons people in crowds might not help?

Multiple Select

Which of the following factors might influence whether you help someone who collapses in public?

• Being the only person around

• Being with your family

• Being in a busy public space

• All of the above

Open Ended

What could you do in each scenario to go from bystander to helper – how could you reasonably and safely do something to help in every situation?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a key motivation for people to help others?

• Desire for recognition

• Sense of empathy

• Expectation of reward

• Fear of punishment

Open Ended

What are some qualities that make a person effective at providing first aid and helping others?

Open Ended

How do you think your responses might change if the person who collapsed was: someone you know personally from school, an older man in scruffy clothing, a middle aged woman in business clothing going to the office, or a teenage boy in a tracksuit and hoodie?