What is the most dangerous thing in your home? How can it be made less dangerous?
What is the most dangerous thing in your home for a child? How can it be made less dangerous?
What is the most dangerous thing in your home for an elderly person? How can it be made less dangerous?
What dangers can be found in the kitchen that can cause accidents?
What can be done to prevent kitchen accidents?
What can a parent do to childproof a kitchen?
What dangers can be found in bathrooms that can cause accidents?
What can be done to prevent bathroom accidents?
What can a parent do to childproof a bathroom?
What dangers can be found outside the home in the yard that can cause accidents?
What can be done to prevent yard accidents?
What can a parent do to childproof the yard?
What other dangers can be found in a home in bedrooms, laundry rooms, garages, and living areas?
What can be done throughout the house to prevent accidents?
What can a parent do to childproof the different rooms of the home?
Where at home would you put your first aid kit?
What would you have in it?
Where are these items found in a house, why could they be dangerous, to whom could they be dangerous, and what could someone do to lessen the danger they present?
hot pan/pot
hot curling iron
knife
window
iron
medicines
gasoline
pool
insecticides
natural gas
balcony
toilets
staircase
stove/oven
stool/ladder
yard tools
fireplace
cellar /attic
bathtub
bad dog
tall pieces of furniture
swing set / playground
very clean glass sliding door
electronic equipment
cleaning supplies
lake/retention pond
loose carpet on slippery tile floor
glass table or sharp edged table
hairdryer
bric-a-brac
What do you need to do if...
you cut your finger preparing food?
you fall down and can not move a limb?
your child drinks a poisonous liquid? (discuss syrup of ipecac)
the toilet is flooding the bathroom?
a pan on the stove is on fire?
a neighborneighbor's dog is growling at you?
our child falls off a chair and is bleeding?
Where do you think that most accidents happen: in the home or at work?
What do you think are the most common accidents in the home?
Are you, or any of your friends, accident prone? What sort of things happen to them or you?
Are any types of people more likely to have accidents? Are any groups of people more likely to have car accidents than others? Who and why?
Have you ever had a black eye? What happened?
Have you ever broken a bone? What happened?
Have you ever twisted a joint or needed stitches? What happened?
What sorts of accidents can happen on the beach? In the mountains? In the office? Have you had any problems in any of these places?
Could you save someone from drowning? If so where did you learn? If not - why not?
There has been some publicity recently about industrial accidents. What could be done to reduce the number of industrial accidents?
Have you ever studied first aid? If you wanted to study first aid where would you go to study it? Should it be taught in schools?
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CELTA EFL TEFL questions and discussion topics about Accidents at Home , for use
when teaching English as a foreign or second language.
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