AY Honors/Red Alert/Answer Key

1. Tell what you should do to prevent injury and/or possible loss of life in the following situations:

a. A fire in your house, a neighbor's house, and a public building

Locate the fire and stay calm, then stop,drop, and crawl. Call the fire department

b. If you are stranded in a car in a blizzard or desert

In a blizzard, make sure the doors are closed and all windows are up. Use water a little at a time and make sure the car is off to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning.

c. Motor vehicle accident

Contact your parents and the police and stay calm and safe. Stay out of traffic.

d. Earthquake

Stand somwhere safe like at the door frame and stay calm, and away from breakable objects. If you are outside, stay away from buildings and power lines

e. Flood

Learn the safest route to travel, staying on higher ground away from low-lying areas. Disconnect electrical appliances and equipment, or turn off the main breaker. Know public warning in your area. Do not attempt to cross a flooded stream, such as one that is over the road. Water is very strong and can sweep even a heavy truck downstream in an instant. If you find yourself being swept downstream, try to float on your back and get your feet in front of you with your toes out of the water to avoid foot-entrapment. Do not try to stand in swift water, as if you are knocked over and your foot becomes entrapped by something under the water, the water will hold you down and you will not be able to get up. Use your arms to keep yourslef afloat and to guide yourself to the bank.

f. Tornado

Go to a basement or storm shelter. Remain alert to weather conditions, be familiar with the community warning systems.

g. Hurricane

Put up shutters if you get the chance to. Stay calm, have can food so that if you don't get the chance to go to the store you will have something to eat.

h. Thunderstorm

stay away from trees and metals

i. Atomic emergency

Try to get away from there before the transportation blows up. Take cover on underground shelter and listen to radio for updates

j. Rock or snow avalanche

Stay out of the mountain after heavy snow fall.

k. Your boat or canoe capsizes in open water

Get as much of your body out of the water as soon as possible. Get back to the boat immediately. If you have time call for help.

2. When telephoning for help in an emergency situation, what essential information should be given and who should hang the telephone up last?

Give your name, phone number, the nature of emergency, the location of the emergency, whether any personal dangers or injuries are present. The person making the call to report an emergency should be the last to hang up the telephone.

3. Demonstrate what emergency first aid measures you should take in the following situations?

a. Someone's clothes catch on fire

Get the person to the ground and roll him over and over on the ground. Or wrap him with a blanket if there one handy.

b. A severely bleeding wound

Apply a sterile dressing, clean cloth, or handkerchirf to the wound. Then put protective gloves on an place the palm of your hand directly over the wound and apply pressure and keep the person calm. Continue to apply pressure until help arrives

c. Someone is choking

Determine if the person can speak or cough. If not, perform abdominal thrust (Heimlich Maneuver) repeatedly until the foreign body is expelled. A chest thrust may be used for markedly obese persons or in late stages of pregnacy. If the person or child becomes unresponsive perform CPR - if you see an object in the throat or mouth, remove it.

d. Someone swallows poison

With poison container in hand, call the local poison control center and do NOT try to make the patient vomit. Only induce vomiting if a poison center worker or a doctor advises you to do so.

5. What should you and your parents do to prevent abduction of children in your family? What should you do if you are abducted?

Know where your children are all the time. Never leave children alone in cars. Establish a family code word. Tell the children never to go with anyone who does not know the code word. Have fingerprints taken of your children. Keep current photos and records (dental/medical). Make mental note of what your child wears every day. Make sure your children know their address and telephone number, and how to use the telephone. Teach them how to dial 9-1-1.

What to do if abducted: Yell - this person is not my father or mother. Kick the kidnapper's foot or knee. Scream - Fire

References

http://www.fema.gov/kids/