First Aid

What is first aid?

• The initial care given for an illness/injury
• The care that you give for an illness/injury after it has been assessed by a doctor
• Full medical treatment
• Second response to an injury or illness

When do cuts and scrapes require emergency attention?

• When a cut is deep enough to reach the bone
• When the person cries
• When the cut or scrape is bigger than a band aid
• When the person says so

True or False: cuts deeper than the first layer of skin may need stitches.

• True
• False

True or False: if a person is severely bleeding for more than 5 minutes, emergency medical attention should be called

• true
• false

What are first degree burns?

• Go into subcutaneous layers of skin
• Sunburn
• Not painful

True or False: You should immediately put third degree burns underneath cold water

• true
• false

Hay fever occurs when...

• the pollen in the air causes runny nose, sneezing, coughing, watery eyes
• people swell and can't breathe
• red, itchy bumps break out all over body

When somebody goes into anaphylactic shock, what do we do?

• Stick them with epinephrine ASAP and call emergency help
• call the nurse
• Tell Ms. Thompson
• Laugh at them