Zusammenfassung der Ressource
PDHPE 2015
- Drugs
- Any substance that effects or alters the way in
which your bodies or minds would normally operate.
- Types of Drugs
- Stimulants
- Examples
- Red Bull
- Choclate
- Pills
- Tea
- Ecstasy
- Amphetamines (speed)
- Anti-depressiant
- What they do?
- More Active
- Talkie
- Has a upper effect, makes
you feel happy and excited
- How it works?
- It enhances activity and speed of the brain and sections of
the central and peripheral nerves system.
- Negative effects
- Large doses can cause convolution
- Seizures
- Depression from the come down
- Kidney problems
- Heart murmurs
- Heart attack
- Depressants
- Examples
- Alcohol
- Cannabis
- Heroin
- Aspirin
- Analgesies
- What they do?
- Make you feel at ease
- Drowsiness
- Loss of inhibition
- How it works?
- They work in the brain by reducing communication between nerve
cells, therefor decreasing brain activity and inducing sleepiness
- Negative effects
- Slurred speech
- Altered perception of
reality, leading violence
- Hallucinogens
- Examples
- Magic mushrooms
- Cannabis (in the potent hydro form)
- LSD (Acid trips)
- Forms of glue
- Fuel (petrol)
- What they do?
- Alter moods dramatically and change
the way people think and act
- Seeing and hearing things that
are not there
- How it work?
- 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.
- Negative effects
- sence of seeing the experiencing things that are not there
- Believing that you are immortal eg. doing things that can kill you
- Becoming paranoid
- Getting stuck in the trip (receptors shutting down)
- Brain damage
- Stroke, respiratory failure
- Coma, death
- Why do young people take drugs?
- Escape from reality
- good time
- Curious
- To medicate
- Peer pressure
- Idools (tv, pop culture)
- Why they get addicted?
- Enjoyment
- After taking a certain amount
- Sudden habbit
- Telling themselves they can quit whenever
- Short Term
- Alcohol: Vomiting, Diarrhea,
Slurred speech, Coma
- Heroin: Bad teeth, cold sweats, weakening
in the immune system, loss of memory
- 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
- Long Term
- Alcohol: Nerve damage, Brain
damage, Malnutrition, cancer
of the mouth and throat
- Heroin: Rush, Hypothermia,
coma or death, slow breathing
- 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
- Dangers in water areas
- Home pool
- No supervision
- no fence
- No knowledge of CPR
- slipping on wet floor and falling in water uncontience
- Beach
- Drowning kids
- Rips
- Big waves
- Sharks
- Boating
- no life jacket
- running out of fuel
- sudden storms
- submerged objects
- Rock fishing
- To close to waves
- Slippery rocks
- Oysters/barnicles
- Wearing too much cloths
- Rivers/creeks
- boats and other crafts
- falling banks
- currents
- algae
- First aid
- 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
- The 5 'P's of first aid
- Premote safe environment
- Presuve life
- Prevent injury for becoming worse
- Provide comford to the injured or ill
- Premote recovery
- DRS ABCDE