PASS - Outdoor Ed - Emergency Skills

What is Hyperthermia?

• A dangerously overheated body, usually in response to prolonged hot, humid weather.

• A dangerously cold body, usually in response to prolonged hot, humid weather.

• A dangerously overheated body, usually in response to prolonged cold rainy weather.

How do you treat a Funnel Web Bite?

• Stay calm, call 911, apply broad bandage, splint & CPR if necessary

• Run around, call 911, apply triangular bandage, splint & CPR if necessary

• Stay calm, call 000, apply broad bandage, splint & CPR if necessary

What do you do if you are lost in the outdoors?

• Panic and yell.

• Stay together as a group.

• Light a fire at night.

If you get caught in a bushfire, you shoould...

• Find an open area with dense vegetation.

• Try to outrun the bushfire

• Breathe through a filter such as a wet t-shirt

If caught in a lightning storm.....

• avoid sheltering under single trees.

• avoid contact with plastic objects.

• climb a tree or sit on your backpack.

If a flooded river must be crossed....

• move against the water flow as this allow better balance.

• unclip the waist belt on your pack in case you are swept off your feet.

• check the colour of the water.

What are the emergency numbers in Australia?

• 000 & 112

• 112 & 911

• 000 & 911

What are some injuries/conditions you would expect to see whilst bushwalking or camping during December in Australia?

• Hyperthermia, Dehydration, Bites/Stings.

• Heart Attack, Heart Burn.

• Hypothermia, Sprains/Strains, Frost Bite.

A significant and potentially dangerous drop in body temperature from prolonged exposure to cold is...

• Hypothermia

• Hyperthermia

• Heath Exhaustion

DRSABCD stands for....

• Danger, Response, Send for pizza, Airway, Breathing, CPR, Defibrillation

• Danger, Responsibility, Send, Airway, Breathing, CPR, Defibrillation

• Danger, Response, Send for help, Airway, Breathing, CPR, Defibrillation