PDHPE Stage 6 Minor Syllabus Amendments

Preliminary Core 2

Better Health for Individuals (page 22)

Students learn to:

• analyse their own diet with reference to the:
  • dietary guidelines for children and adolescents (1995)
  • The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating (1998)

Students learn to:

• analyse their own diet with reference to current dietary guidelines for young people

Preliminary Option 1

First Aid (page 34)

Students learn about:

• setting priorities for managing a first aid situation and assessing the casualty
  • DRABC (Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation)

Students learn about:

• setting priorities for managing a first aid situation and assessing the casualty
  • DRABCD (Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Compressions, Defibrillation)

First Aid (page 34)

• expired air resuscitation (EAR)
• cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

• cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

First aid (page 34)

Students learn to:

• determine the appropriate EAR and CPR procedures depending on size of casualty and number of operators and demonstrate these procedures using a manikin

Students learn to:

• demonstrate CPR procedures using a manikin

First aid (page 36)

Suggested assessment strategies

Demonstrate using a manikin the procedure for assessment of an unconscious patient, including the application of EAR and CPR

Suggested assessment strategies

Demonstrate using a manikin the procedure for assessment of an unconscious patient, including the application of CPR

HSC Core 1

Health Priorities in Australia (page 51)

Students learn about:

• priority areas for action:
  • cardiovascular disease (CVD)
  • cancer
  • injury
  • mental health
  • diabetes
  • asthma

Students learn about:

• priority areas for action:
  • cardiovascular disease (CVD)
  • cancer
  • injury
  • mental health
  • diabetes
  • asthma
  • arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions

Students learn to:

• examine the current AIHW report, Australia's Health, to determine why the six areas were selected

Students learn to:

• examine the current AIHW report, Australia's Health, to determine why the areas were selected

HSC Core 1

Health Priorities in Australia (page 52)

Students learn to:

• analyse practical examples of the new public health model by examining
  • Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986)
  • Jakarta Declaration on Health Promotion (1997)
  • Australia's Health (1998)
  • community initiatives

Students learn to:

• analyse practical examples of the new public health model by examining
  • Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986)
  • Jakarta Declaration on Health Promotion (1997)
  • Australia's Health (AIHW publication)
  • community initiatives