First Aid Word Search for Health Class, Scouts and Babysitters

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First Aid Word Search

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BCPRWDCADXASZNG

YLUBGNEEUNBTRWH

FRCREISLINGAEND

SHZEMATINVOMSKB

KOXSPLINTERSCAA

POTBURNMHRILUMS

ANKURRGBELCLEBI

ROKSUGKIIFEGMUD

AVESUSLAOYPOILN

MFRCUNBANDAGEAR

EMERGENCYECCHNO

DWEAWYDRARKCACY

IITPUFLKCUTAPER

CSRESSCDSBDGFWP

SBBNOMPMJOGAUZE

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BandageBANDAGE
GauzeGAUZE
TapeTAPE
SlingSLING
Ice packICE PACK
CutCUT
ScrapeSCRAPE
BurnBURN
StingSTING
SplinterSPLINTER
EmergencyEMERGENCY
RescueRESCUE
AmbulanceAMBULANCE
ParamedicPARAMEDIC
CPRCPR

15 of 28 words from the First Aid list.

Pick three words from the First Aid Kit list. Draw each one and label it.

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Answer key: First Aid Word Search

BCPRWDCADXASZNG

YLUBGNEEUNBTRWH

FRCREISLINGAEND

SHZEMATINVOMSKB

KOXSPLINTERSCAA

POTBURNMHRILUMS

ANKURRGBELCLEBI

ROKSUGKIIFEGMUD

AVESUSLAOYPOILN

MFRCUNBANDAGEAR

EMERGENCYECCHNO

DWEAWYDRARKCACY

IITPUFLKCUTAPER

CSRESSCDSBDGFWP

SBBNOMPMJOGAUZE

BANDAGE, GAUZE, TAPE, SLING, ICE PACK, CUT, SCRAPE, BURN, STING, SPLINTER, EMERGENCY, RESCUE, AMBULANCE, PARAMEDIC, CPR

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First Aid Kit 28

Antiseptic A liquid, wipe or spray that works against germs on the skin.
Bandage A strip of cloth that holds a dressing in place. It does not have to be sterile.
Barrier A thin face cover with a one-way valve, packed for rescue breaths.
Blanket A warm cover. Many kits carry a light foil one that folds up small.
Calamine A pink lotion for itchy skin.
Compress A folded pad held on a sore spot, warm or cold.
Cotton Soft white plant fluff, sold as balls and on the tips of swabs.
Cross The first aid sign set by the standards body ISO is a white one on a green background.
Dressing A clean pad placed right on a wound. A bandage goes over it.
Eye pad A sterile oval dressing shaped to sit over one closed eyelid.
Gauze Thin, loosely woven cloth. Kits carry it as flat pads and as rolls.
Gloves Thin throwaway hand covers that keep a helper and a wound apart.
Handbook A small book of instructions tucked in with the bandages.
Ice pack A cold bag for a bump. The instant kind turns cold when it is squeezed.

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First Aid Kit, continued

Kit The box or bag that keeps first aid supplies together in one place.
Moleskin Soft, thick, sticky padding that guards a heel against blisters.
Penlight A pocket flashlight the shape of a pen.
Plaster The British name for a small stick-on bandage.
Safety pin A fastener with a covered point. Walter Hunt patented the modern kind in 1849.
Saline Sterile salt water, used for rinsing.
Scissors Two blades joined at a pivot, for cutting cloth and sticky strips to length.
Shears Strong scissors with blunt tips that can cut through clothing.
Sling A cloth loop that holds up a hurt arm. A triangular bandage can be folded into one.
Sterile Free of germs. Dressings stay sealed in their wrappers to keep them this way.
Tape A sticky strip that keeps a pad where it was put.
Thermometer The tool that measures how warm the body is.
Triangular The shape of the big cloth bandage that folds into a sling.
Tweezers A small pinching tool for picking up tiny things.

Everyday Injuries 27

Accident Something harmful that happens by chance and not on purpose.
Allergy A strong body reaction to something harmless to most people, such as pollen or peanuts.
Bleeding Losing blood from a cut or a wound.
Blister A small pocket of fluid in the upper layers of the skin, often raised by rubbing.
Bruise A mark left when tiny blood vessels break under the skin. An old one turns yellow or green.
Burn Damage to skin from heat, the sun, chemicals or electricity.
Choking What happens when something blocks the airway and air cannot get through.
Concussion A brain injury from a blow or a jolt to the head.
Cramp A sudden, tight, painful squeeze in a muscle.
Cut A break in the skin made by something sharp.
Fracture The medical word for a broken bone.
Frostbite Skin and tissue damaged by freezing cold.
Graze The British word for a scrape.
Hives Raised, itchy welts on the skin, often from an allergy.
Itch The feeling that makes you want to scratch.
Nosebleed Blood from small vessels inside the nostrils. Doctors call it epistaxis.
Puncture A small, deep hole made by something pointed, such as a nail.
Rash A patch of red, itchy or bumpy skin.
Scab The dry crust that forms over a cut as it heals.
Scald A burn from hot liquid or steam.
Scrape Skin rubbed raw by a slide across a rough surface.
Scratch A thin mark left by a claw, a thorn or a fingernail.
Splinter A tiny sliver of wood, glass or metal stuck in the skin.
Sprain A stretched or torn ligament in a joint. The ankle is the joint it happens to most.
Sting A sharp jab from a bee, a wasp or a nettle.
Strain An overstretched muscle or tendon. It sounds like sprain but names a different tissue.
Wound Any injury that breaks the skin or the tissue under it.

Getting Help 21

Address The street and number of a place, which tells a crew where to go.
Adult A grown-up, such as a teacher, a parent or a coach.
AED Automated external defibrillator: a portable heart device that speaks its instructions aloud.
Ambulance A vehicle for the sick and hurt. Its name comes from ambulare, the Latin for to walk.
Breathing Moving air in and out of the lungs. It is the B of ABC.
Bystander Someone who happens to be nearby when something goes wrong.
Call To ring someone up. The first 911 one was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968.
Calm Steady and unhurried, even when things go wrong.
CPR Short for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Classes teach it on a manikin, never on a person.
Crew The team that rides in an ambulance.
Dispatcher The person who answers an emergency call and sends the right crew.
Emergency A sudden, serious event that needs help right away.
Helicopter An aircraft that can carry a patient out of a place no road reaches.
Help What a person in trouble needs, and the word to shout to get it.
Number The digits to dial: 911 in the United States and Canada, 999 in the United Kingdom, 112 in the European Union.
Paramedic A trained ambulance crew member who gives care on the way to the hospital.
Phone What you pick up to reach the emergency services.
Pulse The beat felt at the wrist or the neck. A resting adult has 60 to 100 beats a minute.
Rescue To bring someone out of danger.
Siren The rising and falling wail of an ambulance.
Star of Life The blue six-pointed sign on ambulances. The rod and snake at its center stand for medicine.

Signs to Notice 18

Airway The path air takes from the nose and mouth to the lungs. It is the A of ABC.
Asthma A condition that can tighten the airways. Many people who have it carry an inhaler.
Circulation The flow of blood around the body. It is the C of ABC.
Clammy Cold, damp and sticky to the touch.
Conscious Awake and able to respond.
Dehydration What happens when the body loses more water than it takes in.
Dizzy Feeling that the room is spinning.
Faint To pass out for a short time.
Fever A body temperature above the normal range.
Heartbeat One thump of the muscle that pumps blood.
Heatstroke A dangerous rise in body temperature after too long in hot sun.
Nausea The feeling of being about to throw up.
Pale Lighter in skin color than usual.
Reaction What the body does in answer to something, such as a sting or a food.
Responsive Able to answer a voice or a touch.
Shiver To shake with cold.
Temperature How warm the body is. About 37 degrees Celsius, or 98.6 Fahrenheit, is the figure most often given.
Wheeze A whistling sound made when breathing is hard work.

What Helpers Do 16

Comfort To make someone feel less worried or less sore.
Cool To bring the temperature of something down.
Elevate To raise something higher.
Heal To grow well again.
Immobilize To keep a hurt part of the body from moving.
Kneel To go down on your knees, as a helper does beside someone on the ground.
Preserve To keep something from being lost. Doing this for life is the first of the three aims of first aid.
Pressure A steady push.
Prevent To stop something before it happens. The second aim of first aid is to do this to further harm.
Promote To help something along. The third aim of first aid is to do this for recovery.
Protect To keep from harm.
Recovery Getting better after an illness or an injury.
Rest To stay still and let the body get its strength back.
Soothe To ease pain or worry.
Support To hold something up so that it does not carry its own weight.
Wrap To wind cloth around something.

First Aid Class 15

Babysitter Someone paid to look after children while their parents are out.
Badge A cloth patch earned by showing a skill.
Casualty The first aid word for the person who is hurt.
Certificate The paper that shows someone passed a class.
Coach The adult in charge of a team, who often carries the kit to a game.
Course A set of taught lessons, which is where first aid skills come from.
Demonstrate To show how something is done.
Instructor The person who teaches a class. The first civilian first aid classes met in Woolwich, England, in 1878.
Manikin A life-size practice dummy used in CPR classes.
Partner The classmate you practice bandaging on.
Ready Set to act before anything happens.
Refresher A short class that renews what was learned before.
Scenario A made-up emergency acted out in class for practice.
Scout A member of a youth movement whose motto, Be Prepared, dates from 1907.
Volunteer Someone who helps without being paid, as many first aiders at events do.

Outdoors and Camp 15

Bee A fuzzy, honey-making insect that can sting.
Campfire A small outdoor blaze for cooking and warmth.
Canteen A water bottle carried on a long walk.
Hike A long walk in the country.
Hornet The largest of the wasps that live in colonies.
Jellyfish A soft sea animal with trailing tentacles that sting.
Mosquito A small fly whose bite leaves an itchy bump.
Nettle A plant whose fine hairs sting bare skin.
Poison ivy A North American plant with leaves in threes. Its oil raises an itchy rash.
Pollen Fine plant dust that sets off hay fever.
Snakebite A wound left by a serpent's fangs.
Thorn A sharp point on a rose stem or a bramble.
Tick A tiny eight-legged creature that clings to skin and feeds on blood.
Wasp A yellow and black insect that can sting more than once.
Whistle A small, loud signal for calling people over outdoors.

How it works

This first aid word search teaches the words; the skills come from a taught course. The starter list has 28, Bandage, Splinter and Paramedic among them, and seven themed lists follow.

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Pick a list for the lesson

First Aid Kit has 28 words, from Gauze to Moleskin, for the day a class unpacks a real kit. Everyday Injuries has 27, such as Blister, Sprain and Nosebleed. Getting Help carries Dispatcher, CPR and AED. Outdoors and Camp, with Nettle, Tick and Poison ivy, suits a scout meeting.

Facts behind the clues

Each clue is a plain meaning with no treatment steps, and several add a checked fact. The ISO first aid sign is a white cross on green. The first civilian first aid classes met in Woolwich, England, in 1878, and the Scout motto, Be Prepared, dates from 1907.

Questions and answers

What words are in the first aid word search puzzle?

140 in seven themed lists. First Aid Kit alone holds Bandage, Gauze, Tape, Scissors, Tweezers, Gloves, Antiseptic, an Ice pack and a foil Blanket. The Triangular bandage is the one that folds into a Sling.

Which list has the three Ps of first aid?

What Helpers Do. Preserve, Prevent and Promote are all in it, for preserve life, prevent further harm and promote recovery. Airway, Breathing and Circulation, the ABC that courses teach, are in the lists too.

Are Sprain and Strain both in the puzzle?

Yes, both in Everyday Injuries. The clues keep them apart: a sprain is a stretched or torn ligament in a joint, most often the ankle, and a strain is an overstretched muscle or tendon.

Does the sheet name an emergency number?

Yes. The clue for Number, in Getting Help, gives 911 for the United States and Canada, 999 for the United Kingdom and 112 for the European Union. The clue for Call adds that the first 911 call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968.

All 140 words

First Aid Kit 28

First Aid Kit, continued

Everyday Injuries 27

Getting Help 21

Signs to Notice 18

What Helpers Do 16

First Aid Class 15

Outdoors and Camp 15

How it works

Pick a list for the lesson

Facts behind the clues

Questions and answers

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