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Emergencies

Use the following words to complete each sentence. Each word is used only once.
alarm / arson / ax / burn / call / crawl
drill / emergency / escape / exit / explode / extinguisher
flammable / fuse / hazard / homes / hose / hot
outlet / panic / plan / roll / scald / smoke detector
Sparky / water
  1. If trapped in smoke; ______under the smoke to safety.
  2. Gasoline can ______near a flame or heat.
  3. Electrical ______covers protect little children from shock.
  4. A ______is used to put water on a fire.
  5. Treat a minor burn with cool ______.
  6. Use the enclosed stairs marked "______," not the elevator, to escape from a burning building.
  7. Have a home fire ______now. It could save your life later.
  8. Learn not to ______.
  9. ______is NFPA'S Fire safety dog.
  10. If there is a fire, get out fast. Then ______the fire department.
  11. ______is a crime. It is a fire set on purpose that does harm.
  12. Unless trained to use a fire ______, a person should get out and call the fire department.
  13. Most fires in which people die happen in their own ______.
  14. A ______is an unsafe condition that exists in your home.
  15. A ______can warn you of a fire before you might smell, hear, or see it.
  16. If you smell smoke, don't open the door. Feel it to see if it's warm or ______.
  17. Fire fighters and paramedics respond to ______calls.
  18. ______only causes more panic; set a calm example.
  19. Make a home escape ______. Practice it twice a year.
  20. In case of fire, you must have two ______routes from your home.
  21. A false ______may prevent fire fighters from getting to a real fire.
  22. ______liquids catch fire easily.
  23. Fire fighters may use an ______to break through locked doors.
  24. A ______disconnects overloaded electrical circuits.
  25. If your clothes catch on fire, stop, drop, and ______.
  26. A hot liquid burn is a ______.

First Aid Matching

Match the items in the first aid kit (left side) with the condition for which that item would be used (right side).
  1. Ace bandage wrap
  2. Hydrogen peroxide
  3. 4 x 4 sterile gauze pad
  4. Saline solution
  5. Tweezers
  6. Calamine lotion
  7. Large triangle bandage
  8. Adhesive tape
  9. Sterile roller bandage
  10. Band-Aid
  11. Scissors
  12. Safety pins
  13. 30" splints of wood
  14. Pressure bandage
  15. Thermometer
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  1. 3 inch scrape
  2. splinter in finger
  3. sprained ankle
  4. secure a bandage over a wound
  5. clean a shallow cut
  6. cover a second degree burn
  7. secure a sling bandage
  8. cover a small cut on a finger
  9. check someone's temperature
  10. cover a deep, heavily bleeding wound
  11. poison ivy rash
  12. cut roller bandage
  13. sprained arm
  14. clean out dirt in your eyes
  15. immobilize a broken leg

Webelos Readyman Discussion

First Aid Skills Test
  1. What is first aid?
  2. All fire, rescue, doctor, police and poison control telephone numbers should be kept by the telephone. But no matter who you call, you must be ready to tell them what important thing?
  3. Should you rnove anyone who may have broken bones?
  4. Are there any exceptions to question #3?
  5. How should you act in case of accident?
  6. Scream for help.
  7. If you can, send someone else for help so you can start first aid.
  8. Go home and hope the victim will be all right.
  9. Stay calm and cool
  10. There are four kinds of cases where fast action spells the difference between life and death - what are these four "hurry-up" cases?
  11. What is the first thing you should do for serious bleeding?
  12. After you have taken care of the bleeding and sent someone for help, you should: what?
  13. The following are true or false for shock:
  14. Shock can cause death.
  15. Don't treat for shock until shock symptoms start.
  16. Cover victim if cool- shade if warm or hot.
  17. Have person lie down for shock.
  18. Raise his feet if he bas a head injury.
  19. Give sips of water only if they are awake.
  20. If unconscious, lie flat on back, raise feet.
  21. What are the pressure points used for?
  22. What should you do for a person who has stopped breathing?
  23. Blow your breath into a stopped breathing victim only every ___ seconds for an adult, and once every ___ seconds for a child?
  24. What is the first thing you should do if a person has taken poison?
  25. Should you make a poison victim vomit if he has taken too much medicine?
  26. If you think a baby is eating old paint, the baby should be tested for: What?
  27. True or False - Cuts and Scratches
  28. Let the cut bleed a little.
  29. Don't worry about it, it is not serious.
  30. Wash with soap and water, if you can.
  31. If you think you have touched a poison ivy plant, wash with ____ and ___. If you get a rash, put on ______.
  32. True of False-Sprained Ankle
  33. If hiking, take off your shoe.
  34. Put heat on the ankle to help pain.
  35. Tie ankle bandage around ankle and shoe.
  36. Heart attack is the major cause of death in the United States! What are the five most common signs of heart attack?
  37. What should you do for someone who has the signs of a heart attack?
  38. What degree burn is a sunburn?
  39. What does 'sterile' mean?
  40. How can you identify a second-degree burn?
  41. What is the most important safety step when swimming?
Bicycle Safety - True Or False
  1. (True or False) Obey all traffic laws, signs, and signals.
  2. (True or False) Ride single file, close to the right-hand curb. Ride against traffic, not with it.
  3. (True or False) Ride in a straight line except when you have to weave in and out of traffic.
  4. (True or False) Look, then signal before turning or stopping. Use arm signals.
  5. (True or False) After dark, you can only carry two passengers safely.
  6. (True or False) Give pedestrians and motor vehicles the right of way.
  7. (True or False) Slow down and look carefully before crossing intersections.
  8. (True or False) Ride bike as fast as you can across railroad crossings and busy intersections.
  9. (True or False) Don’t hitch onto cars and trucks.
  10. (True or False) Don’t shoot out of blind driveways and alleys.
  11. (True or False) Be alert for other vehicles, like cars pulling out from curbs and driveways.
  12. (True or False) Don’t try to squeeze in between cars and trucks.
  13. (True or False) If bike isn’t in good mechanical condition, only ride in slow traffic areas.
  14. (True or False) Be sure your bike has good brakes and a horn or warning bell.
  15. (True or False) Be courteous. Respect the rights of other cyclists, drivers, pedestrians.

Practice for Emergency Situations
  1. You awaken in the middle of the night. Your bedroom door is closed and you smell smoke. Mother and father are out of town and your grandmother is sleeping in their bedroom. What should you do?
  2. You are returning home from a baseball game and see a grass fire in a vacant lot near your home. What should you do?
  3. You see smoke coming out of a window in an apartment building across the street. What should you do?
  4. A stranger in a blue Volkswagon stops you on your way home from school and offers you a ride. What should you do?
  5. You find your 18 month old baby brother playing with a bottle of aspirin that has been opened. What should you do?
  6. A kindergarten child is bitten by a dog on the way home from school and you are a witness to the incident. What should you do?
  7. A first grade boy falls off a swing and lands on his back. You are the first person to arrive at the accident scene. What should you do?
  8. You are witness to an auto accident in which a car strikes a girl on a bicycle and leaves her lying in the street. What should you do?
  9. You awaken in the middle of the night and hear the baby crying. The babysitter is asleep in front of the TV set. What should you do?
  10. A group of kids in your neighborhood are playing by locking one another in an old refrigerator they found in the alley behind a neighbor's garage. What should you do?
  11. A gang of boys have been teasing a neighborhood dog. The dog is a family pet, but he is growling and showing signs of anger. What should you do?
  12. The fire bell rings at school and two of the girls decide they'll play a trick on the teacher and hide under the library table while the class goes out for the fire drill. What should you do?
  13. A first grade boy steps on a rusty nail in the sandbox. It goes through the sole of his tennis shoe and makes a slight scratch on his foot. He doesn't want to go to the school nurse. What should you do?

READYMAN OBSTACLE COURSE

Have the Webelos go through this in pairs.

Station # 1 – Stretcher

Material – Blanket and walking sticks

Have Webelos make a stretcher and carry it 20 feet or so

Station # 2 – Rescue Breathing

Material – Blanket or tarp

Have Webelos position one of group for Rescue Breathing explaining what they are doing.

Station # 3 – Bicycle Safety

Material – Bicycle and helmet

Have Webelos demonstrate the hand signals used by bicycle riders. Explain them first, if necessary.

Station # 4 – Choking

Material – Chair

Have Webelos demonstrate the Heimlich from a sitting position.

Station # 5 – Stretcher

Material – Call 911

Have a Webelos call out an emergency. Then the others report the emergency. Make sure they identify themselves, tell what happened and give the location.

Station # 6 – Direct Pressure

Material – Band-Aid and gauze

First Webelos hold gauze on the “wound” and count to 10. The second Webelos will apply the band aid.

Station # 7 – Burns

Material – Pictures of various types of burns

Have Webelos identify the burn types and first aid requirements. Do not have picture sin order.

Station # 8 – Fire crawl

Material – Large box

Have Webelos crawl through the box pretending there is smoke above it.

Station # 9 – Water rescue

Material – Milk jug buoy with rope and tarp

Have one Webelos on each side of the tarp. The tarp is the water. Have Webelos on one side toss the rescue buoy to the Webelos on the other side of the tarp.

Station # 10 – Car Safety

Material – baby car seat and large doll

Have Webelos buckle the baby (doll) into the cars seat.

BANDAGE SLING AND SPLINT RELAY

Equipment: Bandages and splints, List of which bandages and splints will be used in the contest.

How to Play: Form teams of two Webelos. Be sure there’s enough bandages for each injury. A splint can be made out of tightly rolled newspaper. Strips of cloth can be tied to the splint. Have bandage wrapping for head injuries and some soft bandages for eye wounds. Use a neckerchief for a sling. Before doing this relay be sure that you have practice and taught the boys the correct way to bandage a wounded person. With parents or other volunteers as the wounded, see who can do the job the best and quickest. The bandages should remain on for at least ten seconds.

FIRST AID KIM'S GAME

Equipment: Blanket or tarp; collection of 10 or more first aid items: gauze pads, bandages, splints, etc. Also 10 or more items not used in first aid: penny, photo, shoe, etc.
Spread all items on the floor and cover with blanket or tarp. Group teams around blanket, then remove cover for exactly 1 minute. Afterward, teams huddle separately and write down all first aid items they remember.
Scoring: Team with most complete list wins. Subtract 1 point for each non-first aid or absent item listed.

FIREMAN’S DRAG RELAY

Preparation: neckerchiefs;
participants divided into 2 teams
Two teams – half the members of each team are firemen, the other half are victims and are laying on their backs. On signal, the first fireman runs up to his victim, ties his wrists together with a neckerchief, and pulls him back to the starting line with the fireman’s drag. He touches off the next fireman, who then rescues his victim. First team to bring in all their victims wins.

TWO-MAN CARRY RELAY

Scouts line up facing a single turn-around post located 30 feet from the starting line. Scouts on each team shall be numbered from 1 to 8. On signal, Scouts #1 and 2 will carry Scout #3 with a four-hand seat carry (for conscious patient) up to and around the turn-around post and back to the starting line. Scout #3 will then join with #4 to carry #5 around the course. Then #5 will join #6 to carry #7 around, and finally #7 will join with #8 and carry #1 around. If at any time a victim touches the ground, the Scouts transporting this victim must stop, re-form their carry, and continue. The first team to make the full circuit with the four victims is the winner.

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