Test your knowledge this March with this fun Quiz, and enter to win a health and safety class of your choice*.

 

It’s easy – just complete the following 20 questions, enter your email address and press submit. Your answers will be reviewed by a Red Cross Expert and entered into the grand drawing.

 

A winner will be drawn April 1, 2009. The winner will be notified by email.

 

  • The winner will choose one of available health and safety classes taught at the Chapter House.

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The steps to follow in an emergency are----

A. Call-----Check----Secure           

B. Check---Call---Defibrillate                    

C. Check---Call---Care      

D. Care---Call---Check

 

What care should you give to a conscious adult who is choking and cannot cough, speak or breathe?

A. Give 2 slow rescue breaths                  

B. Do a foreign object look/removal

C. Give back blows and abdominal thrusts

D. Lower the person to the floor and open the airway

 

How should you care for someone with frostbitten hands?

A. Immerse his or her hands in hot water.

B. Massage his or her hands vigorously.

C. Have the person shake his or her hands vigorously until feeling is restored.

D. Get the person to a warm environment and then re-warm his or her hands slowly in warm water.

 

Blood donations are most needed when a large disaster occurs.


Thanks to new technology, blood can now be stockpiled until it is needed.


It is possible to donate only certain parts of your blood.


Every single unit of donated blood is tested before every single transfusion for diseases that can be transmitted by blood
.

Thanks to advances in modern medicine, the demand for blood is diminishing year by year.


There are people with U-negative blood.


Scientists have developed synthetic blood that can be used as a substitute for human blood if it is not available.

You cannot donate if you are under 21 years of age.

 

The Red Cross responds to house fires.

 

You can prevent house fires by:

A. Cleaning your heating system yearly

B. Using a screen in front of your fireplace

C. Storing flammable items away from heat sources

D. All of the above

 

How often should your fire alarms be tested
A. Weekly

B. Monthly

C. Yearly

D. Never

 

The Red Cross is the only Official Emergency Communication with Military Members

 

Volunteering can be:

A Fun and fulfilling

B A way to learn new skills

C A way to give back to the community

D All of the Above

 

Which of the following is not a disaster?

A. House Fire

B. Flood

C. Lawn Mower Stopped Working

D Tornado

 

Neutrality is one of the 7 Principles of the Red Cross

 

American Red Cross Volunteers:

A Provide disaster relief

B Assist at local blood drives

C Provide clerical support

D Help at local fundraising events

E Provide community disaster education

F All of the above

 

All Red Cross emergency assistance is free. Payment is neither requested nor accepted

 

The Red Cross is made up of more than 90% volunteers

 

 

 

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