Fire Building
Trees
Dress for the Outdoors
Wilderness First Aid
Camp Stove Use
100
When lighting a fire, a match should always be struck in this direction.
Away from you
100
It’s best identified by scale-like needles and its stringy light brown bark. When crushed, needles smell like green apples.
Eastern White Cedar
100
What material stays warmest when wet?
Wool
100
You need to put these on before touching an open wound.
Gloves
100
Before connecting your gas cylinder to your camp stove ensure you have a_______ surface to place the stove on to prevent it from falling.
Flat
200
Name one thing that should be removed, tied back or tucked away when lighting or tending a fire.
Long Hair, Loose Clothing, Ties/Strings/Laces
200
Prefers: grows in a variety of planting conditions and locations across Nova Scotia but prefers moist lowlands
Balsam Fir
200
These are the best types of fabric for hot weather.
Lightweight, breathable fabrics like cotton and linen. Loose fitting clothes.
200
What is one of the differences between wilderness first aid and urban first aid.
(Hint: There are may correct answers.)
Possible answers: farther from help, longer until help arrives, harder to communicate with EMS, less resources, more improvising, first aiders have to care for patients basic needs (food, water, shelter), harder to evacuate, etc.
200
To save on fuel and help your stove light quicker make sure to protect it from this.
Wind
300
These are the three types of wood used for fires (based on size).
Tinder, Kindling, Fuel/Logs
300
Also called the Scrub Pine, Princess Pine, or Grey Pine
Jack Pine
300
True or False: If your hands or feet are cold, it'll help to put on extra layers (jacket or pants).
True! If your core is warmer, your body will be able to pump warm blood to your hands/feet and they will be warm too.
300
If you have a wound, how long do you need to apply continuous pressure to stop it from bleeding?
10 minutes
300
Its raining outside, its dinnertime and you are camping. Where should you never use your stove…. good weather or bad!
In your tent
400
Tinder is used to get your fire started. Name two things that could be used as tinder.
Small Twigs
Wood Shavings, Fuzz Stick
Fire Starter
Newspaper, Cardboard
400
You can identify it by the large curved teeth on the edge of the leaves. In Fall, the leaves turn pale yellow.
Largetooth Aspen / Poplar
400
What are the 3 types of layers?
Base - moisture wicking
Mid - insulation
Outer/Shell - rain/wind protection
400
What type of sap works like nature's Polysporin?
Baslam fir
400
In case of burns you should have this near your cooking area.
First Aid Kit
500
This fire lighting tool creates sparks to start a fire.
Flint and Steel
500
One of the hardest woods in North America, as its name suggests. It has distinctive flowers that resemble hops.
Ironwood
500
What makes the "feels like" temperature different from the actual temperature?
It accounts for wind chill and humidity.
500
If a patient has brain damage (either temporary or permanent) what is the first thing affected?
Personality (followed by critical thought, speech and motor function, respiratory drive, and cardiac)
500
After using your stove, you should do these things (name one of 3)
Disconnect the fuel, store it in a shady spot, clean it