Safety and First Aid
Safety and First Aid: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Penicillin, First Aid for Cuts and Bruises, First Aid for Light Burned Skin and, First Aid for Heavy Burned Skin
Important Questions on Safety and First Aid
Remove any jewellery or loose clothes from the burned area is a first aid for burned skin.

Hold the burned area under cool or lukewarm running water is a first aid for heavy burn.

Explain the first aid that should be provided for heavy burned skin.

Choose the medical supply used for providing first aid for a minor burn.

Identify the injury with bruises from these pictures;

Which of the following injuries CANNOT be classified as a minor cut?

When is this first aid given? Explain.

What is the first aid for cuts and wounds?

What are the first aid for cuts and wounds?

What first aid should be given for the following?
(a) A burn caused due to an acid spill.
(b) A deep wound.

Sometimes, nose bleeding is caused due to excessive _____. (infection/injury)

A person who is bleeding should get first aid at once.


Name the first antibiotic? Who discovered it?

Write how will you deal with the following emergency situation.
Your sister gets a cut while chopping vegetables.

How can you help the following?
A child who has cut his index finger with a blade.

An antiseptic lotion is applied in case of:

Clean wounds with an antiseptic lotion.

A small cut or wound should be washed with _____ water.

Choose the appropriate word and fill in the blank.
[tourniquet/ dettol/ gum tape]
A _____ is tied above a wound to stop bleeding.
