True or False: To help stop bleeding that you can see, put firm pressure on a dressing or bandage over the bleeding area.

True or False: First aid is the care you give someone who is ill or injured before trained help arrives to take over.

True or False: After giving first aid it is important to wash your hands, even if you were wearing gloves.

True or False: When giving abdominal thrusts to a choking victim you should place the thumb side of your fist against the body of the choking victim just above the belly button.

True or False: Before administering first aid you need to check to see that the scene is safe.

True or False: To care for someone with a nosebleed, press both sides of the nostrils and have them lie down.

True or False: If a large stick or knife had been pushed into a person's body, you should remove it as soon as possible.

True or False: If someone refuses help you should call 911 and stay with them until help arrives.

Which of the following is NOT a sign of someone having a heart attack?

True or False, When someone is having a seizure, you should place an object in their mouth to prevent them from biting their tongue.

Match the problem with the correct first-aid procedure.:

Bleeding

Match the problem with the correct first-aid procedure.:

Choking

Match the problem with the correct first-aid procedure.:

No Breathing

Match the problem with the correct first-aid procedure.:

Heart Attack

Match the problem with the correct first-aid procedure.:

Shock

What Type of Life Safety rope is being discussed.

•Used for self-rescue in extreme situations

•Designed for the weight of one person

•Should be replaced after one use

•Use the rope only as a last resort.

What Type of Life Safety rope is being discussed.

•Is not used to support a person

•Used for hoisting, lowering, and securing equipment

•Requires regular inspection•Use the rope only as a last resort.

What kind of rope construction is being discussed.

•Also called laid ropes

•Individual fibers twisted into strands

•Strands are contorted to make the rope.

•Both natural and synthetic fibers can be used.

What kind of rope construction is being discussed.

•Strands woven like hair braiding

•Exposes all of the strands to abrasion

•Fibers stretch

•Double-braiding

What kind of rope construction is being discussed.

•Mantle is the sheath-like braided covering that protects kern from dirt and abrasion.

•Provides a very strong and flexible rope that is thin and lightweight

•Well suited for rescue work

What kind of rope rescue incident is being discussed.

•Often are complicated and require a number of skills

–Shoring

–Air-quality monitoring

–Confined-space operations

–Ropes

What kind of rope rescue incident is being discussed.

•Often difficult to extricate victim due to poor ventilation and limited entry/exit

•Often very complex

What kind of rope rescue incident is being discussed.

•The simplest situation may involve throwing a rope to a person in the water.

•Complex situations may require ropes stretched across the stream with a tethered boat.

Knot Terms

–Reverse direction to form U-bend

Knot Terms

–Makes a circle in the rope

Knot Terms

–Makes a loop with parallel ends

What Type of Basic Fire Service Knot is being discussed

•Secures the leftover working end of the rope to the standing part of the rope.

•Ensures primary knot will not become undone

•To test, try sliding it on the standing part of the rope.

–A knot that is tied correctly will slide.

What Type of Basic Fire Service Knot is being discussed

–Not secure by itself

–Used only in conjunction with other knots.

Long objects may need several half hitches

What Type of Basic Fire Service Knot is being discussed

–Used to attach rope to a round object

–Will hold if tension is applied

What Type of Basic Fire Service Knot is being discussed

- A type of Loop Knot

–Used to produce a family of other knots

–Seldom used alone

What Type of Basic Fire Service Knot is being discussed

- A type of Loop Knot

–Secures loop at the working end

–Can be used to attach rope to fixed object or a piece of equipment

What Type of Basic Fire Service Knot is being discussed

- A type of Loop Knot

–Useful for attaching a rope to a fixed ring or a solid object with an “eye”

What Type of Basic Fire Service Knot is being discussed

- A type of Loop Knot

–Used to join two ropes together

What Type of Basic Fire Service Knot is being discussed

- A type of Loop Knot

–Used to secure a rope to an object or anchor point

What Type of Basic Fire Service Knot is being discussed

•Used to join two ropes together

–The sheet bend or Becket bend can be used to join two ropes of unequal size.

–The water knot or ring bend is used to join webbing of the same or different sizes together.

Which of the following is a primary type of fire service rope?

Which of the following is a primary type of fire service rope?

Which of the following is a primary type of fire service rope?

All are primary types of fire service rope except

What is the name of 'the end of the rope you are using to tie a knot'

Name the Knot

Name the Knot

Name the Knot

Name the Knot

Name the Knot

Name the Knot

Which Knots are used for hoisting tools?

Man-Made rope is called?

Which rope will stretch when loaded?

Name this part of the rope

Name this part of the rope

Which of the following is considered a type of knot?

Which of the following is a reason for using knots?

Hitches are knots used to tie a rope to itself.