Safety & First Aid Check Call Care

Safety & First AidCheck Call Care Common Assessment Review

While walking at the park you and a friend find a person on the ground that is not breathing and has no pulse. What should you do? You and your friend should run to find a phone to call for help You should perform CPR and your friend should watch you to make sure you do it correctly Do nothing because the victim is not able to give you permission. One person should go to call for help and the other should begin CPR.

While on vacation with your family you fall asleep for several hours at the pool and when you wake up you notice that your skin is bright red. What should you do to treat your sunburn? Cover the area that is burnt with moisturizing sun block Take a hot shower so the burn doesn’t hurt. Apply butter to the area that is burnt. Take a cool shower to stop the burning and stay out of the sun

While playing basketball you jump up to get a rebound, when you come down you land on another players foot and sprain your ankle. You are in a lot of pain and you ankle is throbbing. What should you do? Walk around until it starts to feel better Continue playing even though you are hurt Call 911 for help Rest, apply ice and compression, and elevate the injury above the heart (RICE)

The leading cause of death for a teenager is accidents involving motorized vehicles. One day after school your friend Joe is taking you home in his new car that he just got for his birthday. On the ride home you observe Joe doing several things that greatly increase the risk of being involved in an accident. Which of the following behaviors would you encourage Joe to avoid when driving to reduce his risk of an accident? Obeying traffic signs and keeping both hands on the steering wheel Talking to passengers, chewing gum, wearing sunglasses Wearing seat belt and driving the speed limit Talking on cell phone, eating, and drinking

While eating lunch at school the person sitting next to you starts to cough because she has something lodged in her throat. After a few seconds she stops coughing and is not able to speak or make any noise. What should you do? Run to get a teacher to help Pat her on the back and encourage her to cough Perform CPR because she is not breathing Ask for permission to help and perform the Heimlich maneuver

You are spending the day at Brad’s house and plan to go swimming with him and his brother. When you go out to the pool you see Brads brother lying face down in the pool and he is not moving. You jump in and swim him to the side and Brad pulls him out on the deck. What should you do? Perform CPR because he is not breathing. Do nothing because the victim can not give permission to help Call 911 and wait for help One person should call for help and the other should perform an abdominal thrust to clear water from the lungs, then perform CPR until help arrives

Your little brother is out in the front yard climbing a tree that your mother has constantly told him to stay out of because it is too tall. When you walk out of the house he is almost to the top of the tree, which is about thirty feet high. As he starts to make his way down he slips and falls. On his way down he hit several branches and finally lands face down on the ground. You run over to him and ask if he is okay but he doesn’t respond. You can hear him breathing and there are no visual injuries. What should you do? Carry him inside and put him in a comfortable position and stay with him until he wakes up Role him over to inspect the front side of his body for injuries Shake him to wake him up Leave him as he is and call for help, stay with him and monitor vital signs until help arrives

Many teens receive injuries doing regular daily activities that can easily be avoided by following a few simple guidelines. While spending the night with your friend Sara you notice several hazards that could easily cause an injury. Which of the following would increase your risk of injury? Using power tools only for their intended purpose Avoid wearing baggy and loose clothing, wear appropriate protective gear Wearing shoes that fit securely on you feet Cluttered walk ways and poor lighting

You and some friends go on a weekend camping trip and while cutting up some wood for a campfire Jacob slips and cuts his leg with a chain saw. The cut is about an inch deep and six inches long and there is heavy bleeding. What should you do? Put your hand over the wound and apply direct pressure. Have Jacob lie down and prop his leg up so that it is elevated above his heart. Tie a tourniquet around the top of his leg. Ask permission to help. Have Jacob lie down and prop his leg up so that it is elevated above his heart. Apply a clean bandage over the cut and apply direct pressure.

You and some friends go to a big party where people are experimenting with drugs and drinking. You go in to use the restroom and see a person lying on the floor lying in a puddle of vomit. You roll the unconscious person on their side and see that they are breathing and have a bottle of pills in their hand. What should you do? Prop them up with something so they stay on their side and check on them every 30 minutes Inform the person having the party and let them decide what should be done Do nothing because the victim can not give you permission to help Call for help immediately and call the poison control center, try to find out if the person had been drinking and find out what type of pills the victim had taken.

Safety & First Aid Check Call Care