First Aid
The treatment for simple cuts and scrapes
What is washing with soap and water, applying antibiotic, and covering with a dry, sterile dressing/bandage?
A knot used for connecting two ropes of equal diameter.
What is the square knot?
An essential item that keeps you warm but must stay dry.
What is a sleeping bag?
A star in the sky used for telling directions at night, located at the end of the tail of the little dipper.
What is the North Star (Polaris)?
A system that ensures that you are never alone and always have someone looking out for you.
What is the buddy system?
An acronym used for heart attacks.
What is PASS?
A hitch that is adjustable, but stays in place.
What is the taut-line hitch?
This prevents the ground from absorbing your body heat.
What is a sleeping pad/cot?
The difference between true north and magnetic north.
What is declination?
"Leaves of three, let it be"
How do you identify poison ivy?
The four "Hurry Cases"
What are neck/spinal injury, breathing and beating, severe bleeding, and ingested poison?
A lashing used to attach two poles at a 90 degree angle.
What is the square lashing?
A guide that is used for proper portioning for food/meals.
What is the MyPlate food guide?
Lines that represent a certain elevation above sea level.
What are contour lines?
An acronym used when you are hiking and get lost.
What is STOP?
Check the scene, call for help, approach safely, and provide urgent treatment (hurry cases).
What are the first four steps of the first aid method?
A knot used for connecting two ropes of unequal diameter.
What is the sheet bend?
The person who is in charge of meal planning, buying food, and controlling the kitchen for an outing or trip.
What is a grub master?
A system of satellites that are used for precise location tracking.
What is GPS?
The last point of the outdoor code.
What is "Be conservation minded"?
Prevent further injury, treat for shock, make a more thorough examination, and plan a course of action.
What are the last 4 steps of the first aid method?
A knot used for shortening and strengthening rope without cutting it.
What is the sheepshank?
A cause of food-borne illnesses and a reason keeping a clean kitchen is so important.
What is cross contamination?
A way of measuring the width of a stream or river without crossing it, which requires the use of one of your ten essentials.
What is the compass method?
A way of hanging smellables from a tree so that they are unreachable to wildlife.
What are bear bags?