What is an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and How Do I help them?

Theme: Community Workers and the Impact They Make
Grade: 3
Title: What is an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and How Do I help them?

Summary of the Lesson

• The students will learn the responsibilities of an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and what they can do until the EMT arrives. Each student will create a book on about what they can do to help someone in an emergency.

Materials/Resources needed:

• Articles from Winona Historical Society about:
  http://www.winonahistory.org/
• What emergency services can do for you WINONA 911
• Training- Glossary
• EMS workers ask to deliver extended medical services
• Pencils
• Markers/Crayons/Colored Pencils
• Construction Paper

Goal(s) for today’s lesson:

• The students will learn the responsibilities of an Emergency Medical Technician.
• The student will be better prepared on how to act in an emergency situation.
  

Objectives for today’s lesson:

• The students will create a book about the information they learned from today’s lesson.
• The students will see overheads from newspaper articles from the archives of the Winona Historical Society.
• The students will understand the responsibilities of an Emergency Medical Technician.
• The students will learn what to do if they need to help someone in an emergency situation.

Procedures:
a. Introductory Experiences:

• Questions to ask the children (5 minutes)
• Prepare the children for the same question but let them know you expect different answers from each of them. Let them know that when you count 1- 2- 3 and point to them you want them to answer the question.
• Have children say their first name and last name. Count 1- 2- 3 and point to them listening to the whole class say their names.
• Have children say their street address with city, state, and zip code. Count 1- 2- 3 and point to them listening to them say their complete address.
• Have children say their phone number with area code. Count 1- 2- 3 and point to them listening to them say their complete phone number.
• Ask the students why they might need to know that information.
  

b. Developmental Experiences:

• Explain that Emergency Medical Technicians have a very important job and we will be talking about the responsibilities of an EMT. (1 minute)
• When someone gets badly hurt what is the number you should call? 911 (1 minute)
• Do you ever call 911 as a joke? NO
• Why not? The number 911 is for people to call in an emergency situation. If you call 911 as a joke, the operator/EMTs may be busy with you and not helping people who need emergency help. (1 minute)
• What do you say when you call 911?
• When you call let the operator ask questions and you are responsible for answering them.
• What questions might the operator ask?
  - Your name
  - Victim’s name
  - What is the address of where you are at?
  - What happened?
  - Phone number
  - Depending on the situation if you can do anything to help.
• These same questions may be asked if you are trying to get a hold of a police officer or the fire department.
  (3 minutes)
• Emergency Medical Technician’s (EMT) Responsibilities
• Show - What emergency services can do for you WINONA 911 Article on overhead to talk about
• Read the Winona Ambulance Service side:
• EMTs work with the Ambulance Service
• Have students look at the Ambulance so you know what they look like (circle it)
• Can administer IVs and medication, and perform some medical procedures, as well as transport a patient to the hospital.
• An EMT is always available (On duty or On call)
• Takes about 8 minutes to get to the scene where someone is hurt.
  (5 minutes)
• Explain to children you want them to make a picture book of all the information they should know when calling 911 for an emergency.
• Create the story around how EMTs can help you.
• In one picture there should be a picture of an Ambulance so you know what it looks like.
• Want it to be written neatly and colored!
• They will be sharing them to the entire class the last ten minutes of class time
• Tell students while they are working on their books go around with the student information sheets and ask each child individually to recite their full name, address and phone number.
  (20 minutes)

c. Culminating Experiences (closure):

• Children will read their books and show pictures to the entire class. The children will share their books and explain what they learned from the lesson.
  (10 minutes)

Assessments used during lessons:

Informal Assessment

• The children will respond to the question when asked for their name, address, phone number. Then I will ask them individually.
• The children will take notes in their notebook as we discuss to help them when they create their book.
• The children will create a picture storybook showing what they learned.