Welcome to our free resources for first aid
First- aid education has been included in the health curriculum for schools in England. Now, more children and young people will acquire the skills they need to save a life.
To celebrate the change, we're launching a brand: new teaching website. It's aimed at all schools in the UK.
We understand that, for some people, teaching first aid can be quite frightening especially if you've never done it before. So, we've designed these free resources to help you confidently deliver lessons in line with the new curriculum. Here's how:
●Each first- aid skill focuses on one key action.
●The teaching resources provide you with all the guidance you need.
●The resources have easy to follow lesson plans that save you time in preparing for your classes.
This new interactive learning website will include:
●a multimedia library with supporting materials you need for each lesson
●different learning activities for those aged 5-18
●a full curriculum mapping for the new requirements in England
How will it benefit learners?
Through all kinds of practical activities, learners will:
●have skills, confidence and willingness to act when someone needs first aid
●learn first aid for common injuries and what to do in a first-aid emergency
●develop basic life skills, including how to deal with challenging situations
●get other ideas such as kindness, safety and sharing learning with others
If you have any questions, please contact reducation@ redcross. org. uk.
15-year- old Max produced the Vybpro, a wearable wrist band which warns users whenever they are about to touch their faces. The gesture has been recognized as one of the key ways that COVID- 19 can be spread, making it a potentially life- saving invention.
He first hit on the excellent idea two years ago for the purpose of reducing the spread of the cold and flu. After both of Max's parents were infected with COVID-19 four months ago, however, he put in all his effort to develop a working prototype(模型).
Worn on both wrists, the intelligent device is expected to sell for ￡89. It uses position sending technology algorithms(算法) to tell between predicted face touching and other hand motions. Then the device warns users of hand gestures that are dangerously near the face.
"We came up with the concept a few years ago when my family was repeatedly catching cold and flu viruses from traveling in and out of London and I could see how easy it was to pick up germs especially from using public transport, " said Max. "It was only when the World Health Organization ( WHO) began suggesting people avoid touching their eyes, noses and faces to stop the spread of viruses from contaminated surfaces did I realize that it could play a part in slowing the spread of COVID-19. "
Max, who is from Bristol, launched a ￡60, 000 crowd funding campaign(众筹活动) on Kick starter earlier this week to further his project and turn the prototype into a public reality.
"The main task of this project is not to make money, but to get it onto the wrists of those it can help keep safe. Any profits made from early sales through the crowd funding site will be reinvested into providing free devices for organizations that help people such as National Health Service (NHS) staff and nursing homes.
If you care what other people think of your social media posts, you may want to think twice before uploading selfies (自拍照), according to research from psychologists at Washington State University( WSU).
WSU psychology professor Chris Barry worked with WSU students, as well as researchers from the University of Southern Mississippi to design a project. The team asked 30 students at the Mississippi school to fill out personality questionnaires and allow researchers to use their 30 most recent Instagram posts. Those 900 pictures were shown to 119 WSU students, who were asked to judge the Mississippi school students on 13 attributes(特质) such as self-absorption, self-respect, dependability and likability.
"The study found that people who posted a lot of selfies were almost commonly viewed as less pleasant, less successful and more insecure than those who posted more' posies'-that is, traditionally posed photos that appear to be taken by someone else, "Barry said.
Those without a friend available to take a picture can try using a self-timer to take their own posed photos from farther away than at arm's length. The WSU researchers found that even if a photo that appears to be a" posies" was, in fact, taken by the subject, it was still considered more positively than obvious selfies.
Thus, Keely Kolmes, a San Francisco- based psychologist with expert knowledge in social media matters, suggests not being concerned about social media. "Though it is kind of difficult when we focus on the number of likes or how many followers we have or the number of interactions," said Keely Kolmes. "We should unplug (拔去电源插头) once in a while. Get out in nature, connect with friends outside of technology and remember that there is a better world outside your phone, too."
A sustainable (可持续的) neighborhood in the Dutch town of Nieuwkoop is leaving on the welcome light for bats. And if all goes well, they'll never even notice it.
The neighborhood, based on research showing that light-shy bats are impacted by white and green light, but not red, uses street lighting that features specialized bat- friendly LEDs.
This particular network of lights shines with a somewhat strange red color. To light-sensitive nocturnal (夜间活动的) creatures, however, this specialized red light preserves the night conditions important to their well- being.
"Bats don't see red light as particularly bright, "said Maurice Donners, a senior scientist at Signify, which designed the new streetlights. "So if you have certain bat species that are really avoiding light, I think the obvious thing to do is use red light which is visible to us, but is much less visible, or perhaps even invisible, to bats.
The motivating factor behind using the new streetlights came after Nieuwkoop decided to create a new neighborhood of 89 homes near a nature reserve for rare and threatened species, which was also home to many light-sensitive bats. To reduce the impact the new community would have on the bats 'nocturnal feeding habits without compromising the safety of local people, developers reached out to Signify to find out more about the use of the bat-friendly lights.
The bat-friendly lights in Nieuwkoop are networked and have energy-saving features like dynamic dimming (调光) and scheduling. Additionally, people there can also request changes in brightness to individual lights outside their homes. As an added bonus, the red lights also don't attract insects.
"When developing our unique housing program, our goal was to make the project as sustainable as possible, while preserving our local bat species with little impact on their living place, "Guus Elkhuizen, a city council member, said. "We've managed to do this and kept our carbon footprint and energy consumption to a minimum. I'm so proud."
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Housing swaps are becoming very popular for people who want to travel, but want to stay at a private home instead of a hotel. In this type of exchange, a person swaps his/her house with another person in an area he/she wishes to travel to. In fact, apartments and even yachts (快艇) and recreational vehicles are exchanged as well.
In addition to a housing swap, you can choose a hospitality (好客) exchange in which people host guests in their home, and then are hosted later in their guests 'home. For those interested in arranging a housing swap, there are websites that can facilitate (使便利) the exchange. The benefits of a housing swap are obvious. It is free, so you can save a lot of money.
Some prefer to stay at a private home over a hotel because it is more comfortable, and you can rest at ease knowing that someone is taking care of your home while you're away.
The exchange is built on mutual (相互的) trust between strangers, sometimes thousands of miles apart. So it is difficult to guarantee that the house you are interested in is accurately described and that the person will take care of your home while you're away. When you leave your house, make sure that you leave specific instructions about the home and your expectations. Contact the post office to hold your mail and lock away your valuables. Do any
yard maintenance(维护) and pay last-minute bills.
A. A housing swap is not limited to houses.
B. Besides, it is more flexible and convenient.
C. There are also some drawbacks of a housing swap.
D. You'd better leave the house with a small thank- you gift.
E. Leave it in the same or better shape than it was in when you arrived.
F. This is a social arrangement that provides the opportunity to have a tour guide if you're lucky.
G. It's nice to leave a little welcome gift with information about the area and activities.
As I opened my eyes, a jet flew above me at high speeds. I watched my parents and my sisters talking and laughing at the front of the1Many boats, 2with families and friends, were on the lake. Another jet flew past. I thought about how much the world has 3and how little people4the one thing time cannot change: relationships.
Pilots in their jets flew by at high speeds. At that moment, our life seemed comparatively5. We casually listened to each other6the pilots performed above. How7these times seemed8the trials and skills required of the men high above travelling at record-breaking speeds.
Just as the jets9, so does our daily life. Lifestyles change with time, but time will never change people's10. Parents love their children the same as they did thousands of years ago. 11, children now and the children of the past love their parents12Friends and family have played important roles in our lives for centuries; 13We don't appreciate them enough when we are together. Why not14the one thing time has not changed.
Two jets passed overhead. I sat up and15my back against a lifeline(救生索) on the side of the boat. I felt16 as the air show approached its end, yet renewed by my17attitude to the world. I stood up to18my sisters at the front of the boat and sat beside them. They turned, their eyes met mine and I smiled. 19not to be excluded(排除在外) a moment from my family, I added a comment and contributed to the20filling the front of the boat.
People will connect to their cultural group through similar food patterns. Immigrants often use food asmeans of keeping their identity. People from different backgrounds eat different food. The areas families live influence food likes and dislikes.
Food items themselves have meaning (attach) to them. In many Western countries, a box of chocolate would be viewed as an appropriate gift. The receiver of the gift would react (different) to a gift of cabbages or carrots. In other countries, however, chocolate might be a less appropriate gift.
Nations or countries are often linked some food. For example, many people think of Italy when eating pizza. Some families in the United States prefer to eat meat and potatoes. Grits (粗玉米粉) (eat) by families in the southern United States. (region) food habits do exist, but they also change over time. Families move to other
Locations, (bring) their food preferences with them. They may use some local (ingredient) to try their old recipes, or experiment with new recipes. Because people and food are mobile, trying to define a country's culture by what they eat is often(accurate).
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Last Sunday morning, an earthquake strikes our town. I had never imagined put our training to use. When the alarm went off, I was much more calmer than I thought. I immediate went back to the classroom, asking my students to line up against the wall but fall on their knees. All my students followed my direction quickly. Luckily, earthquake didn't last long and none of us was injured. The experience learned of this incident made all the students become brave. And it can be used to preparing the students for the challenges what might happen in the future.
