Protecting Your Environment
Safety at Home and Away
Safety Outdoors
Safety in Severe Weather
First Aid for Emergencies
100
What is the environment?
the sum total of all of your surroundings
100
What is an accident?
an unexpected event that causes harm or damage
100
what should you do when going hiking, camping, boating, or any other outdoor activity?
plan ahead
100
what are events caused by nature that result in widespread damage destruction and loss
a natural disaster
100
what is the first thing you should do when an emergency happens?
check the scene and victim
200
What does pollute mean?
to make unfit or harmful for living things
200
What is a hazard
a possible source of harm
200
if you are participating in water activities you should...
know how to swim well, have a buddy
200
what is a strong windstorm with driving rain and where do they occur?
a hurricane, tropical regions
200
what should you do when a victim is not breathing?
preform rescue breathing
300
What are fossil fuels?
a cause of air pollution, used to power cars, coal, oil, and natural gas
300
what are examples of kitchen safety?
learning to handle knives correctly, turning pot handles inwards, wiping up spills, are all part of...
300
what is hypothermia?
a sudden and dangerous drop in body temperature
300
what is a whirling, funnel shaped windstorm that drops from the sky to the ground? where do they occur most?
tornado, flat central regions of the country
300
what should you do when someone is bleeding severely?
apply direct pressure
400
what does biodegradable mean?
capable if breaking down naturally without causing pollution
400
what is the accident chain?
a sequence of events that often leads to an accidental injury
400
What are three things that you should bring when you go hiking or camping?
Walkie talkie/cell phone, flashlight, compass
400
what are 3 things you should do during a flood?
never walk or ride in a car, drink bottled water, watch out for downed power lines.
400
when a person begins to choke what should you do and what are the 2 steps?
abdominal thrusts, stand behind the victim and wrap you arms around the abdomen place your fist slightly above the persons navel
500
What are land pollution, water pollution, and air pollution?
the 3 types of pollution
500
What are the 3 steps in an accident chain?
the situation, unsafe habit, and the unsafe act are
500
Name 5 safety procedures if you are going to be outside
plan ahead, check the weather, be aware of your skills, wear bug spray/ sunscreen, have proper safety equipment
500
List 5 items that should be in you families emergency kit
water, canned food, flashlight, extra batteries, candles and matches, first aid kit
500
name the three steps in rescue breathing
point victims chin upwards, pinch the victims nostrils shut and cover their mouth with your own and exhale for 1 second, listen for the victim to top breathing when they start to breath stop rescue breathing
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