FIRST AID PART 2

Home and Workplace Safety

1. What is the fatal injury caused by electricity entering the body and destroying vital tissues?

2. What is the fatal injury caused by an inability to breathe when the nose and mouth are blocked or when the body becomes oxygen-deficient? Suffocation

3. The most common types of unintentional injuries in the workplace are ~ falls ~ fires ~ explosions ~ exposure to harmful substances ~ contact with equipment ~ contact with electricity

4. What is the government agency that was created to prevent work-related injuries, illness and death? Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA)

5. Mishaps with guns can be avoided by following some basic safety rules. List at least 4 of these rules: ~ Always assume the gun is loaded ~ Never point a loaded or unloaded gun at anything you don’t want to shoot. ~ Always point the barrel in a safe direction.

~ Keep the safety on until you are ready to shoot. ~ Keep firearms and ammunition stored separately under lock and key. ~ Know how to use a firearm safely. ~ Keep record of firearm serial and model numbers. ~ Make sure you are aware of what lies in front of and beyond your target ~ Never use alcohol or other drugs when shooting.

When it causes concern for safety 6. When is weather considered to be hazardous?

7. A natural disaster is a… natural event that causes widespread injury, death and property damage.

8. What are 4 things you should avoid to reduce your risk of being struck by lightening? ~ avoid being the tallest thing in the area. ~ avoid being near metal ~ avoid being in small, open structures ~ avoid being near water

9. What is a tornado? A violently rotating funnel-shaped column of air. 10. What is a hurricane? A type of storm that forms over tropical areas of ocean.

11. What are some things you should always have on hand in case of a weather emergency?

~ weather radio ~ battery powered lights ~ candles & dry matches ~ extra batteries ~ gallon of water ~ first aid kit ~ medicines family night need ~ blankets ~ canned food and a mechanical can opener.

12. A heavy snowstorm with high winds and dangerous wind chill is a Blizzard

13. What is the difference between a winter storm watch and a winter storm warning?

Means that a winter storm is possible. Means that a storm has been Spotted and is headed your way!

14. What is another term for flash floods?