Unit 15 - Personal Safety (TH 2)

Question 1

Safety Conscious

Answer 1

Being aware that safety is important and being careful to act in a safe manner

Question 2

Hazards

Answer 2

Potential sources of danger

Question 3

Accidental Injuries

Answer 3

Injuries caused by unexpected events

Question 4

Flammable

Answer 4

Able to catch fire easily

Question 5

Electrical Overload

Answer 5

A dangerous situation in which too much electric current flows along a single circuit

Question 6

Smoke Alarm

Answer 6

A device that sounds an alarm when it senses smoke

Question 7

Fire Extinguisher

Answer 7

A device that sprays chemicals that put out fires

Question 8

Pedestrian

Answer 8

A person who travels on foot

Question 9

Weather Emergencies

Answer 9

Dangerous situations brought on by changes in the atmosphere

Question 10

Tornado

Answer 10

Whirling, funnel-shaped windstorm that drops from storm clouds to the ground

Question 11

Hurricane

Answer 11

A strong windstorm with driving rain that forms over the sea

Question 12

Blizzard

Answer 12

A very heavy snowstorm with winds up to 45 MPH

Question 13

Hypothermia

Answer 13

A sudden and dangerous drop in body temperature

Question 14

Earthquake

Answer 14

A shifting of the earth’s plates, resulting in a shaking of the earth’s surface

Question 15

Aftershocks

Answer 15

Smaller earthquakes, as the earth readjusts after the main earthquake

Question 16

First Aid

Answer 16

The immediate care given to someone who becomes injured or ill until regular medical care can be provided

Question 17

Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

Answer 17

A first-aid procedure to restore breathing and circulation

Question 18

Rescue Breathing

Answer 18

A first-aid procedure where someone forces air into the lungs of a person who cannot breath on his/her own

Question 19

Abdominal Thrusts

Answer 19

Quick inward and upward pulls into the diaphragm to force an obstruction out of the airway

Question 20

Chest Thrusts

Answer 20

Quick presses into the middle of the breastbone to force an obstruction out of the airway

Question 21

Fracture

Answer 21

A break in a bone

Question 22

Dislocation

Answer 22

A major injury that happens when a bone is forced from its normal position within a joint