Someone in your family contacted COVID 19. What can you do in this situation other than call for help?
Quarantine or isolate the person.
Someone is having a panic attack. What can you do in this situation other than call for help?
Calm them down
You are at home. There is an exposed wire near the kitchen. What can you do in this situation?
Call an electrician and stay away from the kitchen because you might get electrocuted.
Your light bulb is dim. Your mom is going to change the light bulb but you notice the light switch is on. This is potentially dangerous as electricity is going through the dull light bulb. What can you do in this situation?
Turn the light switch off BEFORE your mom changes the light bulb.
Someone who is allergic to bees just got stung. What can you do in this situation other than call for help?
Give them their medicine/ephinephrine
You lost your keys to open your house. You do not have a spare key. You know your parents are coming home in 1 hour and they will be able to open the door. What can you do in this situation?
Tell your parents your locked out and stay somewhere safe and public such as a coffee store.
Your pet dog is sick after swallowing chocolate. He lays down beside you. Other than calling for help, what can you do in this situation?
Try to get the dog to vomit as it will alleviate him of the chocolate which is poisonous to him.
You are at home changing the light bulb when it suddenly bursts and you get glass shards all over your body. What can you do in this situation?
Do not pull the glass shards out and go to a hospital immediately.
Your brother sees a video of a couple of kids jumping off buildings in a sport called Parkour. You know your brother has not trained nor is capable of doing the stunts he saw. He wants to try it. What can you do in this situation?
Stop him and tell him if he wants to do so, to practice and learn how to (take classes, etc).
Your brother gets food poisoning and starts to vomit. Other than calling for help, what can you do in this situation?
Give them medication and have them drink plenty of water.
Ants have scattered all over the food in your kitchen. Other than calling for help, what can you do in this situation?
Take out and throw all food they are on and then clean the kitchen. (Ants have a special scent that stays even after the food is taken out)
Your dad is feeling nauseous. Other than calling for help and give medicine, what can you do in this situation?
Give them water and take them to a nearby trash can/toilet/area where they can vomit.
Your playing with your guitar at home and you accidentally slice open your finger on the guitar strings. You notice that the guitar strings are dirty so you can get infected. What can you do in this situation?
Clean the wound with alcohol FIRST and then apply a bandaid.
Someone is too drunk to drive. What can you do in this situation other than call for help?
Drive them home or find someone who can take care of them.
You received a random phone call from someone claiming that they will harm you unless you give them your address. What can you do in this situation other than call for help?
Do not give them your address and hang up.
There is a tornado coming towards your house. What can you do in this situation other than call for help?
Get low/go to the basement/leave the house to some place safe.
You are in class working with dangerous chemicals for science. You accidentally spill some into your eyes. Other than calling for help, what can you do in this situation?
Rinse your eye either at a decontamination station or with water.
You are at home and while swimming your pool, your brother starts drowning. Other than calling for help, what can you do in this situation?
Pull them to shore and apply CPR.
You are at home and your smoke alarm is broken. Your mom wants to cook dinner in the kitchen. What can you do in this situation?
Tell your mom to cook outside/go out to eat dinner.
Your dog sees another dog pass by your house on the public sidewalk. Your dog is highly aggressive and this particular dog makes your dog very angry. What can you do in this situation?
Keep your dog away. Any actions caused by your dog are in term charged onto you.
Someone just dropped their wallet and you are walking behind them. What can you do in this situation?
Pick the wallet up and give them the wallet.
Your mother gets a high fever while you are at home. Other than calling for help, what can you do in this situation?
Isolate them/Give them warm soup/Keep their temperature low.
Someone just fainted at a party. What can you do in this situation other than call for help?
You can rest them up, check their pulse, etc
A fire has broken out at your house. You are trying to escape but the door is blocked and you are on the first floor. What can you do in this situation?
Find another exit quickly/break a window to get out.
You come home and find your brother unconscious on the couch. You can't wake him up. What can you do in this situation?
Call 911/emergency
Expired seafood is left in your refrigerator beside a couple of other meats. If you eat it, you will get sick. Other than calling for help, what can you do in this situation?
Throw out all the expired seafood and the meats that touched it. (Expired seafood can infect those touching it)
Someone is lost. What can you do in this situation other than look on your phone to see where the location is?
Guide them using your memory or tell them where they can find info on how to get to area.
Your friends are fighting. They both tell you that you have to choose one or the other to be friends. Other than calling for help, what can you do in this situation?
Either exclude yourself or gather a bunch of other common friends and work out a solution.
An earthquake has just struck your home. Everything has fallen all over but you know everyone is safe. What can you do in this situation?
Grab your emergency kit and head to the nearest shelter.
A blizzard is headed for your house. Other than calling for help, what can you do in this situation?
Stay INSIDE and keep warm.
Someone just said that there is a active shooter nearby. What can you do in this situation other than call for help?
Hide and remain quiet.
At home, someone is bleeding and you do not know where the medical kit is located. Other than calling for help, what can you do in this situation?
Wet a towel and clean up the wound and apply pressure to it to prevent bleeding.
Your teacher is trying to teach the class the Pythagorean theorem. Her methods are ineffective but you know a song that helped you memorize the theory. Other than calling for help, what can you do in this situation?
Tell your teacher discreetly your idea.
There is an earthquake happening and you are at home alone. Other than leaving the house, what can you do in this situation?
Hide under a table/go to a corner.
You are at home and you see a bedbug in your room. Bedbugs are known to reproduce quickly and live in mattress and clothing. What can you do in this situation?
Check all your beds and clothing for bedbugs, evacuate the house, and ask for an exterminator to come and disinfect the house.
You are driving and all of a sudden a heavy downpour occurs. This floods the road to the point that cars will hydroplane. Other than calling for help, what can you do in this situation?
Stop by the nearest safe place and wait out the storm because it would be too dangerous to drive.
Someone leaves an unmarked box in front of your porch. You know that you nor anyone in your family did not order anything and are not expecting any mail. What can you do in this situation?
Call the mailing company/return the mail.
Your brother has been getting sick. He has been drinking milk despite being lactose intolerant. He however loves drinking milk. What can you do in this situation?
Tell him the reason why he is getting sick is because of the milk AND explain why if he keeps drinking it will hurt his health.
Somebody is bleeding. What can you do in this situation other than call for help?
Put a bandage on the blood/stop the bleeding
A hurricane approaching your house. Other than calling for help, what can you do in this situation?
Leave your house and get as far away from the hurricane as possible.
While going down the stairs, your dad sprains his ankle. Other than calling for help, what can you do in this situation?
Get ice/ice pack and reduce the swelling of the injury.
You are at home and a fluorescent light tube in your home shatter, spilling mercury all over your body. What can you do in this situation?
Take a shower then immediately go to a biohazard lab or hospital.
You are walking down the street when suddenly someone grabs a woman's purse and flees. What can you do in this situation?
Call the police and try to have other people help you stop him. Do not try to stop him by yourself.
Someone is looking for their lost pet. What can you do in this situation other than call for help?
Offer to look for it with them.
Your dad recently bumped his head and is bleeding and your family is trying to take him to the hospital. While in the car, your dad tells you that he wants to pass out. What can you do in this situation?
Do not let him pass out and keep him awake. Losing consciousness is something you never want someone to do when they are bleeding especially on the head.
A fire has broken out at your house. You are trying to escape but the stairs is on fire and you are on the second floor. What can you do in this situation?
Jump out but use something to break your fall such as a strong pillow/multiple pillows and roll when you land.
Someone just started coughing after eating something. What can you do in this situation other than call for help?
Help remove whatever they are choking on.
Your friend loves to smoke and comes over your house. When he smokes in your house, huge carbon monoxide gas is released and can potentially kill everyone. What can you do in this situation?
Open the windows/doors and tell your friend to stop smoking/smoke outside.
A fire has broken out at your house. You are trying to escape and you see the door but the knob is red. What can you do in this situation?
Open using a cold towel/protective gear such as strong gloves to escape.
You are at home. You see a stray cat in your backyard. You do not know if the cat is friendly or feral. What can you do in this situation?
Call animal control.
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