In your community

*Identifying prevalent injuries

1) Have ever you had an injury ? Answer in your health note book.

*What is an injury?

*An injury is defined as the physical damage to the body from a sudden exposure to energy at levels that exceed the normal human tolerance or as a result of the lack of one or more vital elements, such as oxygen.1  Injuries can be unintentional such as when someone is hurt from a fall or burn or in a traffic collision.  

* https://www.safekidscanada.ca/Professionals/Safety-Information/About-Injuries/Index.aspx

*2)Click on the site below and find 3 of the most common injuries to children. Record them in your health notebook.

* http://www.safecommunities.ca/CaseStudy/index.html

3)Why should we be concerned about injuries in our community ? Give one reason, view the website below to get some ideas.

Think about your day to day activities

4)What are some injuries that are prevalent in your community ?

*Create a list of as many as you can think of.

* http://www.dot.gov.nt.ca/_live/pages/wpPages/ATV_Safety.aspx

*Click on the web site below.

*5) Do you think this ad is effective ? Why or why not ? Does it change your mind about ATV and young riders ?

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdrrxIpQpt4

6)Are youth likely to be injured in a

bike safety accident ?

Rail safety

*7b)Is rail way safety an issue in your community ?

*http://www.cn.ca/obie_x/01/en.htm

7) a)This site is for kids, do you think it would teach little kids to be safe ?

8)A) Almost half of all drowning take place in outdoor backyard pools. What can be done to prevent this ? Does your community have a law about backyard pools ?

* B)What other aspects of water safety do you know about ?

Pedestrian safety*http://

www.safekidscanada.ca/Parents/Documents/26469-CommunityWalkabout_Urban.pdf

9) How can you be safe walking to school ? Are there

ways Your community can change the roads/cross walks

to be safer ?

*Explore on your own…

*http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/init/kids-enfants/index-eng.php

*http://www.safekidscanada.ca/

*http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00273

*http://www.safekid.org/

*http://www.safecommunities.ca/

Use the websites to the side to research any topic on safety / preventing injuries in your community.

You will have class time to work on this . You will present to the class. It can be a poster, a power point, a letter to town council requesting action on an issue or a radio ad telling about safety.