Life or Death
When someone is choking and cannot speak, cough or breathe.
When do you use the Heimlich maneuver?
Symptoms include pain, numbness, and grayish skin color.
What are the symptoms for frostbite?
Wash the area with soap and water, apply an antiseptic, and keep the wound clean with a bandage.
What is the first aid treatment for small cuts and scratches?
You must earn this in order to carry and us a pocketknife.
What is the Totin’ Chip?
These are the three most infamous poisonous plants in North America.
What are Poison Ivy, Poison Sumac, and Poison Oak?
Very hot skin, red skin damp or dry with sweat, rapid pulse and noisy breathing, confusion and irritability, unconsciousness.
What are the symptoms of heatstroke?
Place the injury in cool water until the pain goes away. Let the burn dry then protect it with a sterile gauze pad. Do not pop the blisters and do not apply any creams, ointments or sprays.
What is the first aid treatment for a second-degree burn.?
Treat immediately by holding the burn under cold water or applying cool, wet compresses until there is little or no pain.
What is the first aid treatment for a first-degree burn?
You must earn this in order to start a campfire.
What is the Firem’n Chit?
Pocketknife, first aid kit, extra clothing, rain gear, water bottle, flashlight, trail food, matches and fire starters, sun protection, map and compass.
What are the ten "Scout Outdoor Essentials"?
Symptoms are fatigue, headache and muscle aches, and confusion. Heat exhaustion, heatstroke and hypothermia can all be caused in part by this problem.
What are the symptoms for dehydration?
Encourage the wound to bleed to help anything that may have been forced inside. Use sterilized tweezers to pull out the object. Wash the area with soap and water. Apply a sterile bandage. Get the victim to a doctor.
What is the first aid treatment for a puncture wound?
Avoid getting this by wearing shoes or boots that fit properly, by changing your socks when they are sweaty or wet, and by paying attention to how your feet feel.
What are blisters?
One type of campfire wood is small, catches fire easily, and burns fast. Another type is small twigs no thicker than a pencil and is used to get the fire going. Finally, this last type of campfire wood is larger wood used to keep a fire going and to create coals for cooking on.
What is the difference between tinder, kindling, and fuel wood?
These are the 3 methods of purifying water.
What are boiling, purification tablets, and filters?
Open the airway (lie the victim on their back, clear tongue and any other obstruction). If the airway seems to be open and the victim is still not inhaling and exhaling, begin rescue breathing (give breath every 5 seconds while watching chest rise). If the victim’s chest doesn’t rise recheck the airway and perform the Heimlich maneuver. Resume rescue breathing; continue until medical help arrives and tells you to stop.
What is the first aid treatment for stopped breathing?
One type of fracture does not cut through the skin. Another type of fracture pierces the skin.
What is the difference between simple and compound fractures?
Stop hiking as soon as you feel a hot spot, shape a piece of moleskin into a donut and place it over the infected area.
What is the first aid treatment for blisters on your feet?
These are three types of fire lays.
What are tepees, log cabins, and lean-to's.
12 feet off the ground, 8 feet away from trees.
How far out of reach does a bear bag need to be?
Get the victim to a doctor ASAP so that they can neutralize the venom. Remove jewelry that might cause problems if the area swells. Have the victim lie down and position the bitten part lower than the rest of the body. Treat for shock. Use a venom extractor, if available within 3 minutes of the bite. Do not make any cuts on the bite. Do not apply ice.
What is the first aid treatment for a poisonous snakebite?
Uncomfortable pressure in the center of the chest, unusual sweating, nausea, shortness of breath, and a feeling of weakness.
What are the symptoms of a heart attack?
Scrub the area with soap and water then apply an antiseptic.
What is the first aid treatment for a non-poisonous snakebite?
Gather wood before the rain begins, keep dry tinder in a plastic bag, split wet logs, keep matches dry in a plastic bag, look above-ground (in trees) for wood, use a lighter or candle to start a fire.
What are tips for wet-weather fire building?
Sand and/or hay in a burlap sack
What is needed to make a “gray water” bag?