Health ST

First aid aims to prolong life, to ease suffering or lessen pain, and to prevent further injury.

• True

• False

First aid makes you care for yourself but not for others.

• True

• False

Make sure it is safe to intervene before checking the patient/s.

• True

• False

Take immediate action before conducting an initial assessment.

• True

• False

Learning about first aid makes you practice safety.

• True

• False

The piping hot soup was spilled on the arm of your brother.

• Hold the injury under in a bath of cold water.

• Hold the injury under in a bath of lukewarm water.

Your neighbor fell on his bike. There is blood on his elbow.

• Touch the wound with your fingers to check if it will bleed more.

• Use disposable gloves to clean the wound and its surrounding areas.

Your teammate has a sprain.

• Rest the injured part, apply ice or cold compress, compress the injury and elevate the injury part.

• Rest the injured part, elevate the injured part, compress the injury, and apply ice or cold compress.

Your cousin has symptoms of food poisining.

• Give him more food to eat.

• Give him more water.

A bee left behind a sting on the arm of your sister.

• Remove the sting using a pair of tweezers.

• Remove the sting using a pair of scissors