Risks
What is an exposure to hazards or danger?
Risk
What do good electrical wires help prevent?
Why is heatstroke fatal?
Because it raises your body temperature to unsafe levels
What is an unexpected, harmful event that has happened by chance?
Accident
If someone is unconscious, when should you not move the victim?
When there is an apparent head, neck, or spinal injury
What is one symptom of heat exhaustion?
Abundant sweating
Pale and clammy skin
Headaches
Cramps
What is attempted rape?
When should CPR be administered to an unconscious person?
When there is no pulse
What is one way to help someone who has fainted?
Look for breathing and a pulse
Elevate the feet
Put a wet cloth on the forehead
What are three symptoms of hypothermia?
Drowsiness
Irritability
Slurred speech
Red skin
Fainting
List and define the ABC's of artificial respiration?
Airway - listen for breathing
Breathing: mouth-to-mouth
Circulation - check for a pulse
First-degree: only the top layer
Second-degree: the top and the layer underneath
Third-degree: all of the layers
Give three reasons as to why teenagers are more prone to risks
They believe that they are indestructible.
They do not think about the potential negative consequences
Teens are "thrill seekers"
Teenagers are subject to peer pressure
What are the four steps of giving first aid?
Rescue the victim
Check the victim's breathing
Control for severe breathing
Get help!
What are the five steps of the Heimlich maneuver?
Get behind the victim
Put your arms around the person
Put the fist against the abdomen
Give five forceful thrusts
If needed, give mouth to mouth