PDHPE 2015

PDHPE 2015

Drugs
1. Any substance that effects or alters the way in which your bodies or minds would normally operate.
2. Types of Drugs
  1. Stimulants
    1. Examples
      1. Red Bull
      2. Choclate
      3. Pills
      4. Tea
      5. Ecstasy
      6. Amphetamines (speed)
      7. Anti-depressiant
    2. What they do?
      1. More Active
        Talkie
        Has a upper effect, makes you feel happy and excited
    3. How it works?
      1. It enhances activity and speed of the brain and sections of the central and peripheral nerves system.
    4. Negative effects
      1. Large doses can cause convolution
      2. Seizures
      3. Depression from the come down
      4. Kidney problems
      5. Heart murmurs
      6. Heart attack
  2. Depressants
    1. Examples
      1. Alcohol
      2. Cannabis
      3. Heroin
      4. Aspirin
      5. Analgesies
    2. What they do?
      1. Make you feel at ease
        Drowsiness
        Loss of inhibition
    3. How it works?
      1. They work in the brain by reducing communication between nerve cells, therefor decreasing brain activity and inducing sleepiness
    4. Negative effects
      1. Slurred speech
      2. Altered perception of reality, leading violence
  3. Hallucinogens
    1. Examples
      1. Magic mushrooms
      2. Cannabis (in the potent hydro form)
      3. LSD (Acid trips)
      4. Forms of glue
      5. Fuel (petrol)
    2. What they do?
      1. Alter moods dramatically and change the way people think and act
        Seeing and hearing things that are not there
    3. How it work?
      1. Hallucinogenic drugs search for a certain receptor in the CNR (ZAR) which will be open for them to bind to and let the drug take effect. When the receptors close again the effects of the drug will stop, but once the drug enters our system there is not control to tern the receptors off or how long they will stay open.
    4. Negative effects
      1. sence of seeing the experiencing things that are not there
      2. Believing that you are immortal eg. doing things that can kill you
      3. Becoming paranoid
      4. Getting stuck in the trip (receptors shutting down)
      5. Brain damage
      6. Stroke, respiratory failure
      7. Coma, death
3. Why do young people take drugs?
  1. Escape from reality
    1. good time
      1. Curious
        To medicate
        Peer pressure
        Idools (tv, pop culture)
4. Why they get addicted?
  1. Enjoyment
    1. After taking a certain amount
      1. Sudden habbit
        Telling themselves they can quit whenever
5. Short Term
  1. Alcohol: Vomiting, Diarrhea, Slurred speech, Coma
    1. Heroin: Bad teeth, cold sweats, weakening in the immune system, loss of memory
      1. Amphetamine: Fever, Irregular heart rate, increased feelings and confidence, dehydration
        Ecstasy: Confusion, depression, paranoia, blurred vision
        Magic Mushrooms: distort colour, shape and sound, can speed up or slow down the speed of time, you may smell words or taste colours.
        LSD: Lung failure, suspiciousness, shaking, seeing things that arn't there
        Short term
6. Long Term
  1. Alcohol: Nerve damage, Brain damage, Malnutrition, cancer of the mouth and throat
    1. Heroin: Rush, Hypothermia, coma or death, slow breathing
      1. Amphetamine: Dizziness, blurred vision, headache, rapid breathing
        Ecstasy: Increased heart rate, Dehydration, liver and kidney failure, disturbing emotions, sleep problems, drug craving
        Magic Mushrooms: Flash backs, anxiety
        LSD: Flash backs (weeks, months or ever years after taking the drug) which can be plesent or a living nightmare, Bad trips that can even larst months, impaired memory
        Long term
Saftey
1. Dangers in water areas
  1. Home pool
    1. No supervision
    2. no fence
    3. No knowledge of CPR
    4. slipping on wet floor and falling in water uncontience
  2. Beach
    1. Drowning kids
    2. Rips
    3. Big waves
    4. Sharks
  3. Boating
    1. no life jacket
    2. running out of fuel
    3. sudden storms
    4. submerged objects
  4. Rock fishing
    1. To close to waves
    2. Slippery rocks
    3. Oysters/barnicles
    4. Wearing too much cloths
  5. Rivers/creeks
    1. boats and other crafts
    2. falling banks
    3. currents
    4. algae
2. First aid
  1. Initial care of the ill or injured and is usally given by someone who is on the spot when the person becomes ill or injured
  2. The 5 'P's of first aid
    1. Premote safe environment
    2. Presuve life
    3. Prevent injury for becoming worse
    4. Provide comford to the injured or ill
    5. Premote recovery
  3. DRS ABCDE

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