Class - V
Lesson- 6
Safety and First Aid
A. Tick the correct answer.
1. Which of the following disease can occur if I our skin gets cut by dirty and rusty objects ?
a. Rabies b. Anaemia
c. Tetanus d. Both (a) and (c)
Answer : Tetanus
2. Ice pack can be applied in case of...........
a. Sprain b. Fracture
c. Bleeding nose d. Both (a) and (c)
Answer : Both (a) and (c)
3. Fire can occur due to
a. careless handling of candle
b. Leakage of cooking gas
c. Using defective electrical appliances
d. All of the above
Answer : all of the above
4. The gas which puts out fire is..............
a. Oxygen b. Carbon dioxide
c. Iodine d. Chlorine
Answer : carbon dioxide
5. Tourniquet is used to case of ..............
a. Cut b. Sprain c. fracture d. Snake bite
Answer : Snake bite
B. Fill in the blanks.
1. A crack or break in bone is called...........
Answer : fracture
2. A piece of wood or rolls of newspaper used to support broken bone is called.........
Answer : splint
3. Swelling at the joints which occurs due to twisting is called.........
Answer : sprain
4. ............. is thrown to to put out the fire caused by electrical short circuit
Answer : sand or fire extinguisher
5. Burns should be first washed and then........ should be applied
Answer : an antiseptic cream.
C. Match the columns
Column A Column B
1. Dog bite a. Sling
2. Burns b. Tourniquet
3. Fracture c. Cold running water
4. Snake bite d. Rabies
Answer : 1 - d, 2 - c, 3 - a, 4 - b
D. Answer the following questions.
1. What is first aid ? What are the three aims of first aid?
Answer : An injured or sick person needs immediate care before a doctor arrives. This immediate help is known as first aid.
The three aims of first aid are:
It saves the life of an injured person.
It prevents the conditions of victim from getting worse
It keeps the injured person in comfortable position till the doctor or medical help arrives
2. What first aid can be given to a child with bleeding nose?
Answer : press the bleeding side of the nose with the help of thumb and forefinger and breathe through the mouth. This will stop bleeding.
3. How would you help the victim of snake bite?
Answer : The victim to sit at a place and to stay calm. Keep the bitten area lower than the heart. Tai band of cloth tightly just above the bitten area. This slows down the flow of blood towards the heart and saves the life.
4. Mention three causes of fire.
Answer : three causes of fire are :
Carelessness while handling matchsticks, candles, firecrackers, etc.
Accidents while cooking food and leakage of cooking gas causes fire.
Defective electrical appliances also cause fire.
5. How would you extinguish an electric fire ?
Answer : Put out the fire by using send or fire extinguisher.
E. Give reasons.
1. A person bitten by snake should not move
Answer : A person bitten by snake should not move because if the victim continues to move, the poison can spread in the entire body.
2. Water should not be used to put out petrol fire.
Answer : water should not be used to put out petrol fired because as both petrol and diesel are lighter than water, on adding water, they float on it. This further spread the fire.
3. We should not use dirty and rusty objects.
Answer : We should not use dirty and rusty objects because dirty and rusty objects have many germs on their surface. If our skin gets cut by this objects, germs may enter our body and cause a dangerous disease called tetanus.
