PROBLEM QUESTIONS 279 



Try to answer the following practical questions on first aid : 



1 . What would you do to prevent bleeding from a cut from which 

 blood issued in jets or spurts? 



2. What would you do in case of convulsions? 



3. How would you treat poisoning in its first stages? 



4. If you knew what the substance was that a person had 

 absorbed or taken as a poison, what would you then do? Give 

 three or four different instances, taking common poisons in each 

 case. 



5. What would you do in a case of fainting? Drowning? 



6. How would you treat a case of sunstroke ? Heat exhaustion ? 



7. What would you do in the case of a burn? 



8. How would you treat a bad sprain ? 



9. How would you go to work to treat a person who has fallen 

 and fractured his arm or leg? 



10. How would you treat a cut from a rusty or dirty metal 

 instrument ? 



11. How would you treat a cold? A case of indigestion? 

 Sick headache ? Summer complaint ? 



Conclusion. — Are you prepared to meet an emergency re- 

 quiring first aid? 



Problem Questions 



1. What home conditions do you personally have control 

 over? How would you go about to improve them? 



2. What school conditions might you control? What would 

 you do to improve them? 



3. What methods of ventilation are best for a schoolroom and 

 why ? Illustrate with diagrams. 



4. How would you ventilate your bedroom so as to insiu-e fresh 

 air but no draft on the bed? Use a diagram to explain your 

 answer. 



5. Why is sunUght important for every bedroom? 



6. " We spend one third of our Ufe in our bedroom. Why not 

 have it cozy and well filled with furniture, hangings, and rugs?" 

 Criticize this statement from the hygienic standpoint. 



7. Why is a damp cloth the best means of dusting a bedroom ? 



