American Red Cross History
Who founded the American Red Cross?
What is Clara Barton?
After a major disaster, what temporary place is often set up to provide food, beds, and safety for displaced people?
What is Emergency Shelter?
What should you apply to a bleeding wound first?
What is pressure?
What organization hosts many blood drives across the United States?
What is the American Red Cross?
What emergency supply item helps you see during a power outage?
What is a flashlight?
What branch of the U.S. government officially chartered the American Red Cross in 1900?
What is Legislative/Congress?
What type of disaster often causes evacuations and widespread flooding along coastal areas due to strong winds and storm surge?
What is a hurricane?
What should you run over a burn immediately to reduce damage?
What is cool, running water?
What blood type is known as the universal donor?
What is O negative?
What important safety device in homes can warn you about dangerous carbon monoxide gas?
What is a carbon monoxide detector?
In what year was the American Red Cross founded in the United States (American Red Cross is different from Red Cross)?
What is 1881?
What type of wave caused by underwater earthquakes can flood coastal areas?
What does CPR stand for?
What is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?
How often can someone usually donate whole blood?
What is 56 days or 8 weeks
How many days’ worth of food and water does the American Red Cross recommend families keep for emergencies?
What nickname was given to Clara Barton because of her work helping soldiers during the Civil War?
What is the "Angel of the Battlefield?"
What large storm that hit New Orleans in 2005 led to one of the largest disaster relief efforts in U.S. history?
What is Hurricane Katrine?
What condition happens when someone’s body gets too hot and they stop sweating, making it a medical emergency?
What is heat stroke?
What liquid part of blood carries nutrients and proteins throughout the body?
What is plasma?
What emergency action means staying inside a building and avoiding outside hazards like chemical spills or dangerous air?
What is stay in place?
What major war did the American Red Cross first provide large-scale aid during?
What is the Spanish-American War?
What warning system sends emergency alerts to phones, TVs, and radios to warn people about dangerous weather or disasters?
What is WEA (Wireless Emergency Alerts) or EAS(Emergency Alert System)?
What device can deliver an electric shock to help restart a person’s heart during cardiac arrest?
What is an AED (Automated External Defibrillator)?
What blood component helps the body stop bleeding by forming clots?
What is platelets?
What room in a house is often the safest place to take shelter during a tornado if there is no basement?
What is an interior room with no windows (like a bathroom or closet)?