Skip to content
Return to British Red Cross blog home

Red Cross Blogs

Blogs highlighting the work of staff and volunteers within the British Red Cross, part of the largest humanitarian organisation movement in the world.


Snap up a first aid prize!

By Mark Cox
September 13, 2010 at 10:44 am

This giveaway is now over. The winners are:

Judith Ward
Sheepiebaa321
Chris Foot (Spike)

Thanks to everyone who took part. Winners, we’ll be emailing you or getting in touch by Facebook or Twitter, to ask for your mailing address. We’re sending you each a first aid manual and a first aid kit. Hope you never have to use them!

Want to win a fabulous prize worth thousands of pounds? Well, don’t we all, but this is a charity website so you can have some fab first aidy stuff instead and be grateful, you thankless lot.

For World First Aid Day, we’ve put together a special, animal news-themed first aid quiz.

Here’s how you win:

1. Take the quiz below.

2. Submit a comment with your answers.

3. Wait until 15 September to find out if you’re the lucky winner of one of our first aid guides or kits. We’ll choose the winner at 4pm, so leave a comment before then.

Animal news quiz

1. Earlier this year, an Australian surfer survived a shark attack by punching the animal square in the mush, but still suffered a ‘pretty horrendous’ gash to his right leg. How should you treat a severe bleeding injury to a limb?

A. Tie something tightly around the limb above the level of the injury to stem the flow of blood.

B. Press on the wound with your hand and secure with a bandage, then raise the injured limb above heart level.

C. If possible, place the limb in warm water to stop blood-flow and keep the wound clean.

2. A man recently set himself on fire by spraying an aerosol can at a spider behind his toilet, then flicking his lighter to have a better look. What’s the first thing you should do to treat a burn injury?

A. Place the affected area under cold running water for at least ten minutes.

B. If available, use ice to cool the burn-affected area immediately.

C. Rub butter or margarine onto the affected area to cool the injury

3. A woman was shocked recently to discover she’d been caught on CCTV throwing someone’s cat into a wheelie bin. What’s the best way to treat someone suffering from shock?

A. Sit the person down and give them a small plastic bag to breathe in to.

B. Lay the person down, reassure them and support their legs above the level of their heart.

C. Suggest that they don’t throw someone’s cat into a bin in the first place.

Not sure about all the answers? Get some useful advice on our first aid tips and videos section, and check out our first aid myths to find out what not to do.

Comments (39) »

Tags: , , ,

The Red Cross values comments both complimentary and critical. However, we will not tolerate the following: aggressive or personal criticism of the blogger, breach of copyright, obscene, defamatory, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive or likewise objectionable comments.

This entry was posted on Monday, September 13th, 2010 at 10:44 am and is filed under First aid. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

  • http://twitter.com/tenbus_uk Chris Foote (Spike)

    I make it B, A, and B. But really like option C for Q 3 ;-)

  • Tony Crawford

    I make it A, B,A but could also be C when they feel better,

    Then tell them off. Silly woman. l o l

  • Charlie

    B, A, B but surely it was the cat that was in shock at being chucked into a wheelie bin!

  • Stu

    1B,

    2A,

    3B, * C is a better answer chuckle*

  • http://www.facebook.com/stuart.drennan Stuart Drennan

    B A B me think, no, me knows!! :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Judith-Ward/754078202 Judith Ward

    B,A,B hope someone treated the shark for concussion and thought to check the shark for AMPLE

  • Carolann Macdonald

    1. B

    2. A

    3. B

  • Paul Cragg

    b a b

  • Emmaoldroyd83

    1 – b

    2 – a

    3 – b

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1231230676 Andrew Pearce

    1. B
    2. A
    3. B

  • Mablackwood79

    1b
    2a
    3b

  • Weirsteffijane

    1- B 2-A 3-B

  • Richard King

    1 – B

    2 – A

    3 – B

    Does the Blue Cross have the corresponding quiz for treating the various animals?

  • Dragill

    B, A, B.

  • Liam

    1 – B
    2 – A
    3 – A ( and also B)

    Q) Had me thinking as I believe solution 3A is applied to people with panic attacks and thinking it could also be help with Shock

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=541393650 Sunrise Mango Lovatt

    B,A,B

    still wondering where the man set himself on fire!!! yikes!!!

  • Ruth

    BAB

  • Laura

    1B

    2A

    3B

    Does prize include animal first aid stuff

  • Alan Ross

    Question 1 is B, Question 2 is A, Question 3 is B,

    was the shark playing snap or just surfing the net

  • http://twitter.com/carldavidturner Carl David Turner

    1) B
    2) A
    3) B

  • Madmarg225

    B,A,B punching an animal setting himself on fire throwing someone’s cat in the bin be prepared for anything as a BRC Volunteer

  • http://twitter.com/thebeardyman Andrew Rendle

    My answers are: B, A, and B. Although for question 3, once they've recovered, maybe a bit of option C as well :-)

  • Nttyprfssr12

    1) B
    2) A
    3) B

  • Mccaghster12

    1.B

    2.A

    3.B

  • Neil MacAulay

    1 – B
    2 – A
    3 – B

    Why did she throw away a perfectly good cat in the first place???

  • Sheepiebaa321

    1: B

    2: A

    3: B

    :) so chuffed we did burns this week at training :)

  • Pam Hansen

    1)b, the shark would probably need a cold compress for the bruising it would have sustained
    2)a, not sure how you'd resusitate the spider but according to our fundamental principles I think we should try!
    3)b, not sure how you'd treat the cat as that would surely also have been in shock.

    Keep up the good work xx

  • Johno E

    B,A,B

  • Weeangel

    answers b a b

  • shila

    hello mark.answer are 1b.2a,3b,…thanks mark

  • Chris_04_12

    B, A, B – Quite a good theme also made me chuckle at some answers!

  • Robert Porter

    1. B; 2. A; 3. B

  • Margaret Lawson

    Answer 1b 2a 3b

    What age & maturity level are these questions aimed at.

  • Colleen Ewen

    1. B ( Although I would press on the wound with a clean preferably sterile dressing under my

    hand! )

    2. A

    3. B

    Red Cross Volunteer for 2 years now and love it and also hold a HNU in Animal First Aid lol

  • Margaret Lawson

    Brilliant

  • William

    1 – B – preferably a sterile one, not so fluffy and with gloves on
    2 – A –
    3 – B – I'd perhaps offer them a blanket too if it was Coventry (cold)! :p

  • http://twitter.com/dalekdoctor Tracey Nixson

    1.b 2.b 3.b excellent quiz great discussion points in the office here

  • Andig36

    b.a.b. The British Red Cross is a great organisation to belong to

  • Shelley Waldock

    BAB, great quiz, actually had to look one of these up in your first aid tips section! But everyone in the office is now up to speed should we be ferociously stupid with aerosols, fire and sharks! Thanks!

Author

Mark Cox

Mark Cox

Mark Cox is UK services writer at the British Red Cross.

Other posts by Mark Cox

Older posts

Expand All

Categories

Tags

charity shops conflict disaster disaster response earthquake Emergencies emergency response emergency response unit First aid first aid tips first aid training floods fundraising Haiti Haiti earthquake haiti earthquake appeal Health and social care HIV International Pakistan red cross refugees UK volunteer Volunteering volunteers water and sanitation
More »

The British Red Cross values comments both complimentary and critical. However, we will not tolerate the following: aggressive or personal criticism of the blogger, breach of copyright, obscene, defamatory, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive or likewise objectionable comments.

We're listening! You can send us your feedback by emailing SocialMedia [at] redcross.org.uk. Red Cross Blogs is powered by Wordpress.

↑ Back to top