First Aid Training Operation Ouch

What should you do if someone is badly burned?

• Never eat anything hot ever again

• Cool the burn with cold running water for at least 10 minutes then cover it with cling film and call 999

• Use alcohol gel on the burn

• Shout out if you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen

What should you do if someone is having an asthma attack?

• Use the time to practice your violin

• Ask them to blow up balloons

• Help them to sit comfortably and take their inhaler

• Copy them so they don't feel alone

What should you do if someone is unresponsive and not breathing?

• Call 999 (911), find an adult and tell them how to do chest compressions and then get an AED or defibrillator

• Lie down next to them and have a little nap

• Sing a song to try and wake them up

• Take a selfie with them while they can't refuse

What should you do if someone was having a serious allergic reaction?

• Help them use their EpiPen auto-injector pen and call 999

• Sing them a lullaby to help them feel calm

• Film them and put it on the Internet

• Give them a cup of tea to make everything okay

What should you do if someone has swallowed something poisonous?

• Make them vomit

• Turn them upside down and see if you can drain the poison out

• Give them water immediately

• Find out what they swallowed, when and how much, then call 999 and keep them calm

What is the most important thing to do for a burn?

• Apply alcohol gel to disinfect the burn

• Take a selfie to document the injury

• Put cold running water over it for 10 minutes

• Put a gauze bandage right onto the burn

What should you not do if you're having an asthma attack?

• Take your inhaler

• Sit down and try to relax

• Blow up balloons

• Call for help if you're not getting better

What should you do after calling 999 (911) for someone unresponsive and not breathing?

• Try to wake them up by shouting their name

• Start doing chest compressions

• Wait quietly for the ambulance

• Give them water

How should you help someone use their EpiPen?

• Inject it into their arm

• Wait for symptoms to worsen before using it

• Guess how it works and hope for the best

• Read the instructions, then jab it into their thigh

What should you immediately do if you suspect someone has eaten a dishwasher tablet?

• Give them milk to drink

• Wait to see if they show symptoms

• Call 999 and describe what they swallowed

• Make them eat something else to counteract the poison