Tenderfoot first aid
After applying pressure to stop bleeding, this is the first thing you should do to clean a simple cut or scrape.
What is wash it with soap and water?
If a Scout exhibits heavy sweating, a pale face, and nausea from the heat, you should move them to the shade and position them in this physical posture.
What is lying down with their feet raised?
This is the very first, critical warning you must give to a victim who has a loose particle or object stuck in their eye.
What is do not rub the eye?
To maintain core body heat and prevent circulatory shock from worsening, you should wrap the victim in these materials.
What are blankets or warm coats?
This padded adhesive material should be applied over a "hot spot" to prevent a blister from forming.
What is moleskin?
Unlike heat exhaustion, this life-threatening condition features hot, red, dry skin and requires immediate cooling with ice packs or water immersion.
What is heatstroke?
This type of serious partial-thickness burn is distinctly characterized by the formation of blisters on the skin.
What is a second-degree burn?
This is the primary technique a responder must apply directly to a wound using a sterile pad or clean cloth to stop a "hurry case" of severe bleeding.
What is direct pressure?
This is the immediate first step for treating a first-degree burn.
What is placing the burn under cold water?
When warming a victim of hypothermia, you must never do this action to their cold limbs, as it can cause skin and tissue damage.
What is rub them?
When treating a bite from a warm-blooded animal, you must immediately wash the wound with soap and water to minimize the risk of this fatal viral disease.
What is rabies?
Scouts learn this 4-letter medical acronym to quickly check an individual for signs of a stroke.
What is F.A.S.T.?
This is the correct tool and method used to remove an embedded tick without leaving the head behind.
What is grasping it with tweezers close to the skin and pulling straight out?
Dark urine, extreme thirst, and fatigue are common indicators of this easily preventable fluid deficiency.
What is dehydration?
If a person has a deep puncture wound from a large object like a nail, you should stabilize the object and never attempt this action.
What is remove or pull out the object?
If a conscious victim has swallowed a toxic household chemical, this is the very first phone call a Scout should make before giving any treatment.
What is calling Poison Control (or 911)?
To treat a nosebleed, you should have the victim pinch their nose and lean in this direction.
What is forward?
To calm a victim experiencing this type of rapid, panicked breathing, you should encourage them to breathe through pursed lips or a single nostril.
What is hyperventilation?
To safely clear an embedded fishhook from a finger using the line-jerk method, you must first push down on this specific part of the hook.
What is the eye (or the shank)?
After checking the scene for safety and calling 911, this is the ratio of chest compressions to rescue breaths used during adult CPR.
What is 30 compressions to 2 breaths?