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This special quiz delivers the tools you should probably cope with some of life’s scariest situations.

Memorize the answers and stay safe out there!

Your car skids out on a bridge,crashes through the railing and hits the water below.

Swim to shore and call 911.

When you rush over to her, her leg looks broken and she’s in terrible pain.

Call 911 and comfort her until help arrives.

If she did land in traffic, flag down someone to help move her to safety.

Your neighbor is trimming hedgesand cuts a huge gash in her hand.

Press until the bleeding stops; if it doesn’t or the cut is deep, call 911.

You’re having sushiwith a friend when she starts choking.

Answers: A, CSurprise!

The American Red Cross now advises using back slaps to save a choking victim.

First, confirm she’s choking: Can she breathe, speak or cough?

Alternate five back slaps and five abdominal thrusts until the food pops out.

Your boyfriend is cooking linguinewhen the pot tips over and scalds his arm.

If the burn is small and there’s no blistering or oozing, dab on some antibiotic cream.

This advice also holds true for burns from a flame or hot oil.

Your nephew tripswhile running down the hallway with a toothbrush in his mouth.

The toothbrush gets lodged in the back of his throat.

If he succeeds, it could cause internal bleeding in the throat, which can block the airway.

Keep him standing and leaning forward so he won’t swallow more blood.

If he can breathe, don’t touch itit could be acting as a dam to control the bleeding.

If there’s smoke, drop down on the floor and crawl beneath it.

For guidance on installing smoke alarms and formulating an escape plan, go toNFPA.org.

While you’re browsing at a bookstore,you spy a woman passed out in the aisle.

“__C__Sit her up and venture to get her to drink a cup of water.

Repeat until help arrives.

You’re waiting for a trainwhen a woman on the platform has a seizure and jerks violently.

Call 911, and then check that the victim can’t hurt herself.

So when the seizure ends, turn her on her side so fluid doesn’t enter her lungs.

AEDs, portable versions of the paddles hospitals use, shock the heart back into a healthy rhythm.

If a victim is bleeding but conscious, hand him a cloth and ask him to apply it himself.

But you may save a life.

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