What is First Aid?
How fast does First Aid occur?
First, and Immediately.
Band Aids can be used to:
Treat small scrapes or cuts, and light bleeding.
Cold packs can be used to reduce:
Pain, Swelling, Bleeding.
Frank has seen someone fall and hit their head, but has no idea how to help them. What would you use?
Updated manual of first aid processes.
Someone has accidentally ingested a chemical and asked you to call for help.
Who would you call and where could you find the number?
Poison Control, or the hospital.
List of emergency phone numbers.
First aid can include cleaning ____ cuts.
Minor
Acetaminophen and ibuprofen can be used for:
Headaches, light pain, light irritation.
Gauze is used for treating:
Major cuts and wounds.
A friend has fallen into a small patch of poison ivy.
What would you use?
Calamine Lotion, Hydrocortisone cream.
Someone has fallen, and they have broken a bone.
What would you use?
A splint.
Treatment at a hospital is first aid.
True or False?
False. It is medical treatment.
A splint is used to:
Keep an injured body part from moving.
Tweezers can be used to remove ___ from wounds.
Debris, glass, wood, metal
What would you use?
A blanket. Try to slowly warm them up.
A friend has been riding their bike, and crashed into a curb and hit their ankle. It is starting to swell, but they can still move it and walk on it.
Cold pack. Try to reduce the swelling.
First Aid kits come in all _____ and _____.
Shapes and Sizes.
Antibiotic ointment, antiseptic wipes, and antiseptic solution can be used to:
Clean wounds and avoid infection.
When should latex gloves be worn?
For an extra point, when it is especially important to wear gloves?
All the time.
When you deal with bleeding.
Someone has had a piece of debris hit a major artery in their arm causing lots of bleeding. What would you use?
Someone is accepting help, but says that their lower leg hurts, but does not want to move to check.
What would you use?
Scissors to cut through their jeans to check for extra wounds.
Make sure the person is comfortable with this.
First aid can include using non prescription medication.
True or False?
True
Calamine lotion and Hydrocortisone Cream are used to treat:
Itchiness and mild irritation.
Tourniquets are used to ____ extreme bleeding.
Limit.
Someone has been injured and has fallen onto concrete. They are bleeding, and seem to have dirt and other debris in their wounds.
What would you use? Minimum of two items.
Latex gloves, antiseptic wipes or solution, tweezers to remove debris, gauze.
Someone has been injured and they have a large cut on their arm, and a tooth has fallen out. What two things would you use?
Gauze for the large cut, a tooth preservation kit.