Asthma and Severe Allergies

This is the first lesson of a 4 lesson unit of work called “First Aid" whereby the students will learn how to identify common medical issues and how to effectively help themselves and others in an emergency. However this lesson can easily be taught as an individual standalone lesson.

L1 Contents
Do Now starter task
Analysis task on a normal vs asthmatic airway
Video task from St Johns Ambulance on how to help with asthma attacks
Task identifying the causes of severe allergic reactions
Video task from the British Red cross on how to help with allergic reactions
End and send task designing emergency response card

All lesson resources are provided at the bottom of the PPT for printing