First Aid

Question 1

What are some “Good Samaritan laws”

Answer 1

Help others in emergency
Give legal protection to people who give care
Use common Sense

Question 2

Give the first aid steps for bleeding and wounds

Answer 2

Place clean cloth or gauze and gloved hand over wound apply pressure 5 minutes

Call 911 if bleeding is severe

Elevate injured arm or leg over victims heart

Secure cloth bandage when bleeding

Question 3

Never use a tourniquet unless…

Answer 3

You cannot control the bleeding

Question 4

Give first aid steps for a chemical burn

Answer 4

Rinse away traces and move away contaminated clothes

Cover burn loosely with a clean dry cloth

Refer person to professional

Question 5

Give first aid steps for a heat or electrical burn

Answer 5

If skin is not broken immerse with cool water or cool compress and bandage with clean dry cloth

Don’t break blister and don’t apply ointment

If severe call 911 and don’t clean wound. Cover burn loosely

Question 6

Give first aid steps for choking

Answer 6

Determine if victim can talk or cough. If not, have someone call 911 while you give the victim the hemlock

Stand behind victim wrap arms around their stomach

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

Perform upward abdominal thrust by grasping fist with other hand and pulling in an upward thrust

Question 7

Give first aid steps for fainting

Answer 7

Lay victim down on back and allow plenty of fresh air

Reassure victim and apply cold compress to face

if victim vomits, roll them onto their side and keep windpipe clear

Call 911 if victim does not regain consciousness

Question 8

Give first aid steps for a chemical eye injury

Answer 8

Hold eyelids apart and flush eyeball with lukewarm water for 15 to 30 minutes. Don’t let runoff flow into other eye

Place gauze pad or cloth over both eyes and secure with bandage

Get to eye specialist or emergency room immediately

Question 9

Give first aid steps for a cut, scratch, or embedded object eye injury

Answer 9

Place gauze pad or cloth over both eyes and secure with a bandage

Do not try to remove embedded object

Get to an eye specialist or emergency room immediately

Question 10

What does SDS mean

Answer 10

Safety Data Sheet

Question 11

What is Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

Answer 11

Provides info of product if injury or allergy occur