2.  Term that describes person who stands up for rights and beliefs is assertive  Neighborhood watch programs are put in place to increase safety in the community  Safety in the home is the responsibility of the entire family  Personal safety is helped by recognizing and avoiding sources of violence  Unintentional injuries can be prevented by taking precautions  If there is fire spray fire extinguisher at base of fire not the flames

3.  OSHA- promotes safe and healthful work place  Leading cause of death in teens in motor vehicle accidents  Vehicular safety involves obeying rules of road, good judgment, and common sense  Teens at greater risk on road than older adults due to they break rules, drink and drive, and underestimate hazards  Of 5,700 teen traffic fatalities in 2001 80% were not wearing safety belts  Eating or talking on the phone while driving are distractions

4.  Most important safety tip for operating motorcycles, off road vehicles, and bicycles is always wear a helmet  Defensive driving involves being aware of other drivers that cause potential hazards  Using a vehicle as a weapon is an example of road rage  Guideline for bicycle safety is always ride with traffic  Motorcycles and mopeds are subject to same traffic laws as cars  Your mental state can affect your judgment and reaction time while driving just as much as your physical state

5.  You have an increased risk of falling if you run electrical wires across walking paths  Two necessary elements in video game safety are breaks and proper lighting  Safety experts recommend one smoke alarm on each floor outside the sleeping area  Never use electrical appliance if your body, clothing or floor is wet  Working at a computer for long periods of time causes eye strain, sore muscles, and damage to wrist

6.  Weapon most commonly used in homicides involving 15 to 19 year olds is guns  All forms of sexual violence are illegal ex: date rape  Compared to adults teenagers are more likely to be involved in a crime  An accurate statement about gangs is by joining you increase your risk of being arrested, hurt or killed  Groups of people who associate with one another and take part in criminal activity is known as gang  Schools have zero tolerance policy for violence and require expulsion of students who participate in the violence  Alcohol use is involved in most cases of date rape involving teens  If an attacker wants money or jewelry throw it away and run

7.  Potential poisonous products are found in kitchen, basement, and bathroom  Poisoning hazard is keeping windows and doors closed while painting  Person who inhaled a poison should quickly be taken to fresh air  Most common sources of injected poisoning come from animal stings and bites  Exposure to poisonous plants generally result in a skin rash  When call the poison control center state need of victim, age, weight, and what they have took

8.  The overheating of the body is known as heat exhaustion  Dress in layers to avoid hypothermia  Sudden and painful tightening of the muscle is known as a cramp  Injury to the muscle from overuse is muscle strain  Jarring injury to the brain that affects normal function in known as concussion  Serious consequence of animal bite is rabies  If bitten by a snake lie down

9.  If a person faints lay them down and elevate their legs  If blinking don’t dislodge foreign objects from the eye then flush it with water  Restless, skin is pale, cool and moist and have rapid breathing suffering from shock  Puncture wounds usually cause no bleeding  Severed body part should be packed in ice to preserve the tissue  Teasing and insults are forms of verbal and emotional abuse

10.  The deepest burn is a third degree burn, deep layers of skin, muscles, nerves, and bone are damaged  Open wound and skin scraped and the tiny blood vessels in the outer layer of skin are broken it is an abrasion  Open wounds in which tissue is separated is an avulsion  Major cause of drowning is alcohol, hypothermia, and no life jacket

11.  Universal precautions are wearing protective gloves, washing hands, using a mouth piece for breathing emergencies  What’s necessary in controlling bleeding of an open wound? Cover with sterile gauze  Step in treatment of 2 nd degree burn is to cool the burn and then wrap with a sterile dressing  When performing abdominal thrust on someone who is chocking is to pull upward and inward under the rib cage

12.  1 st link in chain of survival includes calling 911 and starting CPR  Performing CPR is different for adults and children  Reduce swelling in muscle strain you raise affected limb above heart level  To treat nosebleed have person sit down and lean head forward  When all other methods fail to stop bleeding use pressure points to control bleeding

13.  Hurricane- powerful storm that originates at sea with winds of 74 miles per hour  Flash flood- heavy rainfall in short duration  Tornado- whirling, funnel-shaped windstorm that drops from sky to ground  Blizzard- snowstorm with winds of at least 35 miles per hour  Earthquake- shaking of the earth, most casualties occur from falling objects or collapsing structures  Warning- severe weather has been sighted and heading toward your area  Watch- means that weather conditions are right for specific weather event to happen

14.  Severe weather- harsh weather conditions including heavy rains, strong winds, and lighting and hail  Storm cellar, basement, or crawl space is safest in tornado  Things in an emergency survival kit: water, food, cell phone, battery operated radio, flash light, blankets, and medication and money  Two life saving devices in every house is smoke alarm and fire extinguisher  For a fire to start must have heat, fuel and oxygen