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Pinch the nose and lean the head backwards

What do you do when bleeding from the nose?

To help injured or sick people until ambulance arrive

What do you do if you hit your head and get a bump in the head?

The Red Cross was founded by Henry Dunant. Which country was he from?

What does the emergency dispatcher want you to say when you call 112?

What do you do if you’ve burnt yourself on an iron for example?

In how many countries can you find the Red Cross/Red Crescent?

What should you always wear when riding a bike?

Burns from hot water or an iron for example

Falling accidents for example from a jungle gym, a bike, a tree

All children get injured. Which is the most common way for a child to get injured

Cool the chafe with running water for 20 minutes

Clean the abrasion, maybe prick a hole in the blister and then put on a chafing patch

What do you do if you’ve got an abrasion with a blister on your foot?

Why do you want to sit down when you’re eating?

A friend who is choking and cannot breathe what does he or she do?

A friend is bleeding heavily from the arm. What’s the most important thing to do?

Give firm back blows between the shoulder blades

Your friend is choking and is completely quiet. What do you do to help your friend?

How do you help a person who is unresponsive but with normal breathing?

First aid (for kids)