Chapter 3- First Aid

Question 1

Good Samaritan laws

Answer 1

Encourage people to help others in emergency

Gives legal protection to people who provide the care

Use common sense and reasonable level of skill

Question 2

Bleeding and wounds

Answer 2

Clean cloth or gauze and gloved hand over wound, pressure

911 if severe

Elevate arm or leg above heart

Secure cloth when bleeding stops

Question 3

Chemical Burns

Answer 3

Rinse all traces of chemicals from clothing

Cover burn loosely with clean dry cloth

Refer person to medical personnel if necessary

Question 4

Heat or electrical burn

Answer 4

If skin not broken, immerse in cool water or gently apply cool compress, bandage with clean dry cloth

Do not break blister if formed, no ointment

If broken or severe, 911, do not clean wound, cover loosely

Question 5

Choking

Answer 5

Can victim talk or cough. If not , have someone call 911 while you give abdominal thrusts

Stand behind, wrap arm around stomach

Make thumbless fist with one hand and place the fist just above the navel and well below the ribs, with thumb and forefinger side towards the victim

Upward ab thrusts by grasping fist with other hand and pulling quickly toward you

Question 6

Fainting

Answer 6

Lay person down on back, allow plenty of fresh air

Reassure victim and apply cold compress to face

If vomits, roll them onto their side to keep windpipe clear

Question 7

Chemical eye injury

Answer 7

Hold eyelids apart and flush eyeball with lukewarm water for 15-30 min, don’t let it run into other eye.

Place gauze pad over both eyes, secure with bandage

Get to emergency room

Question 8

Cuts embedded object in eye

Answer 8

Place cloth over both eyes and secure with bandage

Do not try to remove object

Get to emergency room