Scene Safety
Before touching an injured person, what should you check?
Whether the scene is safe for you, the injured person and others.
The “A” and “B” in ABC stand for what?
Airway and breathing.
What should you use to cover a minor wound?
An appropriate clean or sterile dressing.
A participant scrapes their knee during a game. What are your first two actions?
Make sure the area is safe and involve the appropriate camp staff while checking the injury.
Why might a first aider wear gloves?
To reduce direct contact with blood or bodily fluids.
When is the recovery position generally used?
When someone is unresponsive but breathing normally, while help is being obtained and when it is appropriate to move them.
What is one sign that a wound needs more than basic care?
Heavy bleeding, deep or gaping edges, an embedded object, loss of sensation, a serious bite or another concerning feature.
Your friend is unresponsive and you are unsure whether they are breathing normally. What should you do?
Call for emergency help and trained staff immediately, follow dispatcher or trained-responder directions and begin the appropriate response within your training.
You see someone lying near a fallen electrical wire. What should you do first?
Stay away, keep others back and call emergency services or appropriate staff. Do not approach an unsafe scene.
A person is coughing forcefully after food “went down the wrong way.” Should you immediately begin abdominal thrusts?
No. Encourage them to continue coughing and monitor them. Get help if the obstruction becomes severe or they cannot breathe, speak or cough effectively.
An object is stuck deeply in someone’s arm. Should you pull it out?
No. Leave it in place, protect the area from movement and get trained medical help.
Someone falls during a game and their wrist looks unusually bent. They say they can “push through it.” What should you do?
Stop the activity, keep the injured area still, support it in the position found, and get trained medical help. Do not straighten it, test its movement, or ask the person to continue playing.