SAFETY EDUCATION AND FIRST AID 411 



X. Safety education and first aid are important because: 



(46) children's deaths from accidents are increasing; (47) you 

 never can tell when an accident will occur; (48) rattlesnakes are 

 numerous in the deserts of the West ; (49) over 90,000 people died 

 and 200,000 were injured in accidents last year ; (50) over 1 per cent 

 of all boys and girls in school are hurt in accidents every year. 



THOUGHT QUESTIONS 



1. Constance is fifteen pounds under weight. What should 

 she do to gain her normal weight ? 



2. Clara weighs ten pounds more than normal and wants to 

 go on a diet. What should she do ? 



3. George is growing rapidly, has stoop shoulders, and a flat 

 chest. He is more than 10 per cent under weight. He is a good 

 runner and wants to try out for end on the school team. What 

 should he do about it? 



4. John is playing guard in basket ball but weighs fifteen pounds 

 less than the coach thinks he should. What should he do to bring 

 up his weight ? 



5. Should Tom, who is fifteen and growing rapidly, break train- 

 ing after the football season is over? Justify your answer. 



6. What can you do to decrease auto accidents ? 



7. Why must food be digested before it can be used in the body ? 



8. What would you do if you were alone with a friend who met 

 an accident in which his arm was broken and an artery severed in 

 the same arm near the break? 



9. What would you do in case of a fire in the motion picture 

 projector used in the science room? 



10. What would you do if you were alone in the laboratory and 

 should be severely burned by acids? 



REPORTS UPON OUTSIDE THINGS I HAVE READ, 

 DONE, OR SEEN 



1. Report upon an article related to some topic discussed in 

 this unit. The article may be from a current number of a science 

 magazine or from some popular science book you have read. 



2. The value of pain. 



3. Comparison of skeletons of different kinds of animals. 



4. Do animals think? 



5. Automobile accidents in my state for the last year and how 

 they might have been lessened in number. 



6. Under what conditions might narcotics be useful? If useful, 

 who should use them? 



