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Hands-Only CPR & Emergencies

Tenth graders learn the basics of responding to a cardiac emergency — check, call 911, and push hard and fast in the center of the chest. Hands-only CPR keeps blood flowing until help arrives and can save a life. They order the steps, then plan how to act in an emergency. (A certified course is needed to practice the skill.)

Grade 10Hands-Only CPR & Emergencies45 minutes1 class periodSHAPEExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Follow the emergency steps.
  • ✓Call 911.
  • ✓Do hands-only CPR.
  • ✓Stay calm and act.
Essential Question

What do you do if someone collapses and is not responding?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Emergency Response

Project this and have students put the hands-only CPR steps in order.

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Tap the first step in an emergency!
The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

45 minutes, five moves

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Warm-Up — In an Emergency

5 min

Would you know what to do if someone collapsed?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Pose the scenario.
  • Ask the first move.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Think.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Hands-Only CPR

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order the Emergency Response.
  • Order the steps.
  • Note check → call → push.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Find the chest center.
  • Keep the beat (100–120/min).
  • Say the steps aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Find.
  • Beat.
  • Say.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Make an emergency action plan.
  • Know where an AED is.
  • Name who you would call.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Plan.
  • Locate.
  • Name.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say the first step.
  • Say the push rate.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the SHAPE America National Standards for Health Education and Physical Education.

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HE.1

Explain basic emergency and CPR response.

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HE.3

Access emergency help (call 911).

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HE.7

Practice emergency-readiness behaviors.

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PE.4

Apply safety procedures.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Step cards with pictures.
  • Frame: "check, call, push."
  • Model on a manikin/pillow.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Use the 3 core steps.
  • Practice the beat.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add AED use (in theory).
  • Role-play a 911 call.
  • Plan a scene response.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • ❤️CPR step cards
  • 💻Order the Emergency Response
  • 🧸Practice manikin/pillow
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

CPRcardiopulmonary resuscitationhands-only CPRchest compressions without breathscompressiona push on the chestresponsiveawake and reacting911the emergency numberAEDa device that can restart the heartcardiac arrestthe heart stops pumpingrateabout 100–120 pushes per minute
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What are the first steps in a cardiac emergency?
Check, then call 911.
QUESTION 2
Where and how do you push for hands-only CPR?
Hard and fast in the center of the chest.
QUESTION 3
What is the push rate?
About 100–120 per minute.

Cool-down: hands-only CPR.

Have students make an emergency action plan. A printable CPR-steps sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: 911, AED, cardiac arrest, compression, CPR, hands-only CPR, rate, responsive
  1. the heart stops pumping
  2. awake and reacting
  3. about 100–120 pushes per minute
  4. a push on the chest
  5. the emergency number
  6. cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  7. chest compressions without breaths
  8. a device that can restart the heart

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What are the first steps in a cardiac emergency?
  2. Where and how do you push for hands-only CPR?
  3. What is the push rate?
Answer key — Part A: 1) cardiac arrest · 2) responsive · 3) rate · 4) compression · 5) 911 · 6) CPR · 7) hands-only CPR · 8) AED
Part B: 1) Check, then call 911. 2) Hard and fast in the center of the chest. 3) About 100–120 per minute.