Service Learning
What is not a characteristic of meaningful
service?
Includes an extensive fund-raising component.
The act or process of orienting or being oriented, for example, being oriented on the first day of college."
Orientation
"An emergency method to keep blood and oxygen flowing through a person whose heart and breathing have stopped."
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
"A term attached to alcohol and tobacco due to the fact that their use often leads to further drug abuse."
Gateway
"A beverage containing ethanol or ethyl alcohol with causes intoxication."
Alcohol
What are the five team positions found in the structured teamwork of service learning?
Facilitator, Recorder, Reporter, Timekeeper, and Debriefer
One who facilitates; one who leads team discussion
Facilitator
"The immediate care given to a victim of injury or sudden illness before professional medical help arrives."
First Aid
"Drunk; affected by alcohol to the point that physical and mental control are significantly impaired."
Intoxicated
"If you have Low spirits; sadness; dejection, you are possibly?"
Depressed
What is the purpose of a learning log?
To record reflections, experiences, observations, goals, etc.
"One who encourages team members and leads discussions after presentation and team discussion."
Debriefer
Which set of life-saving steps is placed in the correct order of evaluation?
Consciousness, breathing/heartbeat, bleeding, shock, fractures, burns, head injury
What is the definition of the word "detoxification program"?
A type of program where drug users or addicts can get help with drawing from substances.
What is the definition of the word "stress"?
Strain or pressure on the body or mind.
What are the benefits for students who participate in Service Learning?
Learns more; earns better grades; attends school regularly; behaves better;
becomes more civic minded; gains appreciation of others; sees the school-life connection; has higher self-esteem; learns life skills for after graduation
"A thought, idea, or opinion formed or a remark made as a result of mediation; consideration of some subject matter, idea, or purpose."
Reflection
After school one day you enter a classroom to get something you left behind and see the teacher lying on the ground unconscious. What is the first thing you do after calling for help?
Check breathing and heartbeat
Your friend is having trouble getting his car door unlocked, and seems to be having trouble standing up - he looks like he's drunk. When you try to take his keys, he first tells you that he's no longer your friend. Next, he tells you (using slurred speech) that he hasn't been drinking. When you smell him, his breath does not smell like alcohol. What should you do next?
Take his keys and call a cab or drive him home. He could be on some type of barbiturate.
While mentoring a new cadet, you had her write four positive reasons for choosing to not do drugs. She writes: Activity Accomplishment / Self-Confidence / Change the Way You Feel / Patience. Which one would you tell her could get confused with an excuse to take drugs?
Change - change the way you feel about a problem.
What is the the correct sequence of activities in service learning?
Orientation and Training + Meaningful Service + Structured Reflection = Service Learning
An environment where one can learn and develop by actively participating in organized service experiences within one's own community."
Service Learning
What are the "ABCs" of evaluating an injury?
"A" is for open the airway; "B" is for assess breathing; "C" is for assess circulation.
What is the definition of the word "therapeutic community"?
Usually a residential treatment center for drug abusers and addicts.
"Drugs, drinks, or other substances that speed up the activity of the mind or body; a drug that speeds up activities of the central nervous system, the heart, and other organs." What are these drugs called?
Stimulants