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1 Accident Word Search Cymru - Wales The following list show a range of words which you may use to describe an accident. Try to find these words in the grid below: Help Reassure Emergency Conscious Ambulance Blood Danger Accident Breathing Immediately Injury Casualties A D U H E L P T I E N A K A M O C E N M O G U R O J C S L M H D I D Y R U J N I K C W S L B C N Y A L M N T R M I D B B N U Y A L N H E G A E D P D R G R L P R E G Y D E M E R G E N C Y A E I T E K I O N E U A P L R O N K Z A R R K T N A T U Q K A H C M A I U F S T J H X I M H C O E L A D F S A L I U O F W F B A S G C E A T R N D U A O A F E L D Y E M A O G R R F N K C S S L O R F M N Y S E I T L A U S A C I O I I O C O N S C I O U S E R J H D T L F C S S D E H I G F U I T S O E X C A Y P E R U S S A E R A

2 Accident Definition List Cymru - Wales The following box shows a range of words you might use if you were talking about an accident. Try to match up each word with the range of different definitions. Accident Casualty Safety First Aid Fatal Potential Emergency Injury Hazard Risk Danger Prevent 1. An unforeseen event where someone is hurt or even killed 2. A situation that could result in death 3. Something considered a potential hazard 4. Anything which could result in an accident 5. Immediate help given to a casualty before until full medical treatment is 6. A serious, unexpected and potentially dangerous situation that requires immediate action 8. Being free from the risk or injury or danger 7. Harm or damage being inflicted on a part of a person s body. 10. Something that might cause injury or pain 9. To keep something from happening or arising 11. Having the capacity to develop into something in the future 12. A person who is injured or killed in an accident

3 Home Hazard Scene 1 Identify all 15 hazards and risks in the following picture by circling them, or colouring them a different colour.

4 Home Hazard Scene 2 Identify all 15 hazards and risks in the following picture by circling them, or colouring them a different colour. =

5 Home Hazard Scene 3 Identify all 15 hazards and risks in the following picture by circling them, or colouring them a different colour.

6 Home Hazard Scene 4 Identify all 15 hazards and risks you can find in the following picture by circling them, or colouring them a different colour.

7 Spot the Risky Difference Cymru - Wales Think of an environment that you spend a lot of time in such as your home, your school, etc. Using the following box, draw your chosen place as a safe environment with no hazards and dangers. In the next box, draw your chosen place again, but this time include as many dangers and hazards as you can think of, big and small ones. Make it an unsafe place that if real, might cause a bad accident. Give your safe and unsafe pictures to a friend, parent or grandparent and see if they can spot the hazards.

8 Once upon a time Cymru - Wales In the following box, draw a picture of an accident happening to someone the same age as you. You could base it on an accident that happened to you, or someone you know. Write a small story underneath to describe what happened, who came to help and how the people who were involved felt.

9 Answers Session 1 Cymru - Wales A c c i d e n t D e f i n i t i o n L i s t 1. Accident 2. Risk 3. Emergency 4. First Aid 5. Casualty 6. Injury 7. Prevent 8. Danger 9. Safety S p o t t h e R i s k y D i f f e r e n c e I f t h e p u p i l s n e e d h e l p t o t h i n k o f h a z a r d s t o i n c l u d e t h e n t h i n k o f e x a m p l e s f o r t h e m, o r p o i n t o u t t i m e s t h a t y o u c a n t h i n k o f w h e n a c c i d e n t s m i g h t h a v e h a p p e n e d w h e n t h e y w e r e p r e s e n t. A c c i d e n t W o r d S e a r c h A D U H E L P T I E N A K A M O C E N M O G U R O J C S L M H D I D Y R U J N I K C W S L B C N Y A L M N T R M I D B B N U Y A L N H E G A E D P D R G R L P R E G Y D E M E R G E N C Y A E I T E K I O N E U A P L R O N K Z A R R K T N A T U Q K A H C M A I U F S T J H X I M H C O E L A D F S A L I U O F W F B A S G C E A T R N D U A O A F E L D Y E M A O G R R F N K C S S L O R F M N Y S E I T L A U S A C I O I I O C O N S C I O U S E R J H D T L F C S S D E H I G F U I T S O E X C A Y P E R U S S A E R A

10 H o m e H a z a r d s S c e n e 1 P a d l o c k o n l i f e b u o y P u d d l e o n f l o o r C l e a n i n g c h e m i c a l s b e i n g p o u r e d i n t o t h e p o o l E x i t s t e p s u n s e c u r e d B o y s w i m m i n g u n d e r t h e d i v i n g b o a r d H o l d i n g s o m e o n e s h e a d u n d e r t h e w a t e r F i g h t i n g i n t h e p o o l H a n d r a i l l o o s e G l a s s s m a s h e d o n f l o o r R u n n i n g p o o l s i d e P u s h i n g p e o p l e i n t o t h e p o o l D e e p e n d s i g n c o v e r e d B a b y n o t b e i n g w a t c h e d b y m o t h e r L i f e g u a r d n o t p a y i n g a t t e n t i o n S w i m m i n g u n d e r t h e d i v i n g b o a r d H o m e H a z a r d s S c e n e 2 L o o s e b o l t f r o m s w i n g f r a m e S t a n d i n g o n s w i n g D o g p o o N e e d l e s a n d o t h e r d a n g e r o u s r u b b i s h i n o v e r f l o w i n g b i n L o o s e d o g H o l e i n f e n c e B r o k e n b o t t l e S h a r p o b j e c t i n l a n d i n g g r o u n d s S i t t i n g a t b o t t o m o f s l i d e S w i n g r o p e f r a y i n g S l i d e b a r l o o s e R o p e b r i d g e s u p p o r t s b r o k e n B o y p u t t i n g f i n g e r i n t o r o c k i n g h o r s e L o o s e b a b y R o u n d a b o u t g o i n g s o f a s t t h a t b o y i s f a l l i n g o f f H o m e H a z a r d s S c e n e 3 P a n h a n d l e s h a n g i n g o v e r e d g e o f c o o k e r K e t t l e c o r d l y i n g o v e r c o o k e r C a n o p e n W a s h i n g m a c h i n e d o o r o p e n W a s h i n g m a c h i n e l e a k i n g o n t o f l o o r S p o r t s b a g l y i n g o n f l o o r b l e a c h s p i l t S h o e l a c e s u n d o n e o n b o y s t r a i n e r O v e n d o o r o p e n S i n k o v e r f l o w i n g o n t o f l o o r S i n k o v e r f l o w i n g t o t h e e l e c t r i c a l t o a s t e r K n i v e s s t i c k i n g o u t o f s i n k a n d p o i n t i n g o v e r e d g e K i t c h e n t o w e l a n d c u r t a i n o v e r t o a s t e r P l u g o v e r l o a d e d M a t c h e s l y i n g a r o u n d

11 H o m e H a z a r d s S c e n e 4 S m o k e a l a r m w i t h n o b a t t e r i e s D o o r h a n d l e b r o k e n C l o t h e s o b s t r u c t i n g e x i t H o l e i n f l o o r C a b l e s g o i n g a c r o s s t h e r o o m N a i l v a r n i s h t i p p e d o v e r a n d s p i l t n e a r n a k e d f l a m e H a m s t e r c a g e t o p p l i n g o n e d g e o f t a b l e H a m s t e r c h e w i n g o n c a b l e H a i r s t r a i g h t e n e r s l e f t o n J a c k e t o n t o p o f e l e c t r i c h e a t e r S a n d w i c h l e f t o u t ( f o o d h y g i e n e h a z a r d ) B r o k e n w i n d o w H o t m u g o n e d g e o f t a b l e O v e r l o a d e d s o c k e t J a c k e t o n t o p o f l a m p

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