4-H First Aid & Health Project Exhibiting Guidelines

4-H First Aid & Health Project Exhibiting Guidelines Amanda Stade | SDSU Extension State 4-H Events Management Coordinator

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY® MAY 2019 SDSU EXTENSION

Amanda Stade | SDSU Extension State 4-H Events Management Coordinator

First aid knowledge and skills are essential in our sling or bandaging, how to improvise in emergency society. Every person should be trained in first aid. situations, how to treat burns, how to stop bleeding, Knowledge of first aid, when properly applied, may how to take vital signs (temperature, pulse, and mean the difference between life and death, slow or respiration). rapid recovery, or temporary injury and permanent Note: The following information about educational disability. First aid is the immediate care given to an posters and displays is excerpted from the State Fair injured or suddenly ill person. First aid does not take Book and is subject to change each year. the place of proper medical treatment. It consists only of furnishing temporary assistance until competent Educational Display medical care, if needed, is obtained, or until the The educational display exhibit introduces the viewer prognosis for recovery without medical care is assured. to a subject by displaying an idea or fact. The display Remember that most injuries and illnesses are is not a poster; however, the educational display may corrected with only first aid care. Developing first aid be on poster board. A display necessitates more common sense is an important part of providing first information than would be included on a poster. The aid care. exhibit may also be three dimensional, a scale model, Through the 4-H First Aid Project, members learn basic actual product, notebook, and so on. The exhibit may first aid procedures and the important items to have be done in any medium (watercolor, crayon, ink, etc.). available during an emergency situation (first aid kit), Note: Size for Educational displays is restricted to an and the best locations for making these items available. approximately 4’ × 6’ space. The situations and locations include, but are not limited Educational Poster to, house or home; farm, to include site, buildings, or This exhibit presents the viewer with a design that is machinery; vehicle; vehicle winter survival; sports; simple and direct, unlike a display that usually presents summer emergency survival; disaster (emergency more information and uses various formats. The poster preparedness); or emergency pet supplies. must be poster board size (14” × 22”). It may be either National Poison Control Phone Number horizontal or vertical. It may be done in any medium (watercolor, crayon, ink, etc.). Design elements and art The National Poison Control Center phone number is principles of drawings/pictures. Text and drawings may 1-800-222-1222. extend to the edges of a poster for artistic purposes, National 4-H Curriculum but generally a well-designed 4-H poster has margins • First Aid in Action around all edges. Educational Posters & Displays General Information Exhibits may include, but are not limited to: A notebook The 4-H member’s name, ID number, address, county, on what to do in an emergency, such as the procedure and a brief interpretive statement by the member for contacting emergency personnel, how to use a on what they have learned and the work they have

Page 1 © 2019, South Dakota Board of Regents accomplished should be clearly written on or attached A display will be judged upon: to the back of each poster or display in the upper Display % left hand corner. The information and interpretive Content 50 statement identifies the exhibit and gives the judge • Explores an idea, fact or experiment additional information about the exhibitor. • Exhibit educates the viewer Criteria • Information is presented in a way that the viewer can understand Educational display and poster exhibits provide an • Logical and sequential opportunity for 4-H members to express views and • Information is true, accurate and ideas learned through 4-H project work. The exhibit complete must catch the viewer’s attention long enough to introduce the viewer to a subject. The exhibit should Design 30 illustrate one basic idea. The exhibit should impress the • Presentation is displayed in an viewer with a specific message and arouse a response. appropriate format (poster, display board, notebook, 3 dimensional model, actual A poster will be judged upon: product, etc.) Poster % • Display materials are pleasing to the eye Attracts Attention – color, line, spacing, shapes, forms • Poster is attention getting. Originality 10 20 • Arouses interest in the topic • Evidence of creative and independent • Simple and direct thought, skills and work. Conveys Message Workmanship 10 • Expresses one basic idea • Neat, readable – good grammar and • Message is easy to understand 40 punctuation • Accurate and true • Lettering or photos/diagrams/charts are • Dynamic message, persuasive clear, readable, appropriate size. Elements and Principles of Design • Color, line, shape, form, texture 20 • Emphasis, balance, rhythm, proportion, scale, variety and unity Originality • Creative use of language, slogans 10 • Presents an original point of view • Independent thought Workmanship • Poster is 14 x 22 inches • Margins are used, unless there is an 10 artistic reason for extending design to edges

Page 2 © 2019, South Dakota Board of Regents Use of copyright/trademark with 4-H fair First Aid — Basic Kit exhibits Contents: Brand names must be visible on first aid A 4-H member, as an individual or member of a items for medical clarification. All contents are to be group such as a judging team participating in a 4-H put in a container that is water resistant, durable, and educational event, may use or display with caution a labeled “First Aid” on the outside. copyrighted and/or trademarked product or service (e.g., a brand name, label, and/or actual product) for Inventory list of items must be attached to the inside purposes of developing life skills on problem solving/ of the lid—date items with date of purchase and decision making and/or acquiring, analyzing, and expiration date, if given (some first aid items are no using information. The 4-H member’s intent of using longer effective after a certain length of time, such as the copyright or trademark materials for educational 1–2 years). purposes such as an exhibit, educational poster/ List of emergency numbers must be attached to display, or youth-in-action event is acceptable under the inside of the lid. List to include: 911 (if available the “Fair Use” provision. in your local area); poison control center; emergency • “Fair Use” is a provision of the current copyright local numbers (fire, hospital, police, sheriff, emergency law that allows reproduction without payment or medical transport ambulance). Specify names and permission of limited portions of a copyrighted phone numbers of your home, family doctor, family work for educational and other public interest members, neighbors, etc. Include address and purposes. directions to your home. If available, include cell phone • The 4-H member should avoid usage of copyright numbers, radio numbers, and e-mail addresses for and/or trademark material whenever possible by emergency contacts. originating his/her own work and illustrations. • A copyright and a trademark are legal methods Includes, but not limited to the following items: used by writers, artists, corporations, and others • Bandage scissors – Full-size, blunt-tipped to protect their original work. Protected items may bandage scissors, 5 1/2” – 6” length (strong range from books, to music, to computer graphics, enough to cut denim). The sharp point on a sewing to corporate logos. scissor could scrape and/or puncture skin when • Anytime you see the letter “c” with a circle around bandages, dressings, or clothing are removed. it, the publisher or producer of the material holds a • Sewing needle and tweezers to remove splinters copyright. Similarly, all rights to use trademarks are and other objects. protected by either a trademark symbol “tm” with • Small magnifying glass to enhance vision of a circle around it or a registered symbol “r” with a wound site. circle around it. • Safety pins to secure sling or bandage. • The use and inclusion of specific brand names for • Sterile roll of gauze bandage for covering educational purposes does not imply endorsement wounds. or refusal by 4-H, the Cooperative Extension • Sterile 4” × 4” gauze pads for covering wounds. Service, or South Dakota State University. • Bandages of assorted types and sizes for covering • Copyrighted and/or trademarked materials utilized wounds. in exhibits, posters, demonstrations, or other • Dish-towel sling – Purchased or hand-made and program activities for endorsement, promotional, stored in a plastic bag. Clean cloth approximately and/or selling instead of educational purposes will 36” × 36” (such as a dish towel) to be used for a be disqualified and will not receive awards. sling or bandage. • Reusable elastic wrap – 3” wide bandage for If there is a question about the appropriate use of support or compression. brand names or labels by a 4-H member, that question • Non-allergic medical tape – Approximately ½” to should be resolved with a member of the appropriate ¾” for securing bandages. 4-H Youth Program Advisor before the final placing is • Instant cold compress to apply to decrease awarded, or ideally before the educational event was swelling and/ or promote comfort. judged. • Instant hand sanitizer for cleansing.

Page 3 © 2019, South Dakota Board of Regents • Antibacterial liquid soap for cleansing. Vehicle First Aid Kit • Bottled water – For cleansing (8 to 16 oz.). Contents: Kit could be used for combine, tractor, all- • Non-sterile medical gloves – In a gallon-size, terrain vehicle, boat, camper, etc. Brand names must sealable plastic bag. Prior to use, gloves are clean. be visible on first aid items for medical clarification. After use, dispose of gloves in a plastic bag as an Inventory list of items attached to the inside of the infection barrier. lid—date items with date of purchase and expiration • Pencil or mechanical pencil and paper for date, if given (some first aid items are no longer recording phone numbers, emergency information, effective after a certain length of time such as 1–2 or directions to location. (Lead pencils can years). have broken lead and are thus not helpful in an emergency situation.) Place the items from the Basic and Advanced Kits • CPR mask or micro shield for infection barrier. and the following items in a water-resistant durable • CPR guidelines on small plastic card for use by container labeled “First Aid” on the outside: CPR trained person. (Card can be purchased for • Fire extinguisher. $2.00 from a CPR instructor.) • Blanket for warmth and treatment of shock. • First aid booklet such as American Medical • Mirror for signaling emergency help. Association, First-Aid Guide, or “First Aid Fast” • Reflectors or flashing lights for warning from American Red Cross (Contact a pharmacy or oncoming traffic and/or to signal for help. bookstore). Farm and Outdoor First Aid Kit Contents First Aid – Advanced Kit Brand names must be visible on first aid items for Contents: Brand names must be visible on first aid medical clarification. Inventory list of items attached items for medical clarification. Inventory list of items inside the lid—date items with date of purchase and attached to the inside of the lid—date items with date expiration date, if given (some first aid items are no of purchase and expiration date, if given (some first longer effective after a certain length of time, such aid items are no longer effective after a certain length as 1–2 years). Kit includes: Contents from Basic, of time, such as 1–2 years). When preparing the Advanced, and Vehicle Kits, plus additional equipment Advanced Kit, include the Basic Kit contents as needed for a particular situation put in a water resistant listed above. Revisions are made annually. Place durable container labeled “First Aid” on the outside. the Basic Kit contents and the following items in a For information, the phone number for the National water-resistant, durable container that is labeled Poison Control Center is 1-800-222-1222. “First Aid” on the outside: Vehicle Winter Survival Kit • Thermometer (oral) to monitor body temperature. Contents: Brand names must be visible on first aid • Antibiotic cream or ointment (any type) for minor items for medical clarification. Inventory list of items cuts, scrapes, or burns. attached to the inside of the lid. • Cotton balls in a clean package for cleansing wounds. Include these items in a water-resistant durable • Flashlight (Batteries reversed to prevent container labeled “Winter Survival Kit” on the accidental burnout. Label as a reminder to reverse outside: batteries for use). • Three-pound metal coffee can or any metal bulk • HELP sign – Letters (purchased or handmade) food can with plastic cover for purposes of making are a minimum 4” tall × ½” wide. Sign must be a “portable stove”— punch three holes around the waterproofed or laminated. top edge of the can, so it can be hung from the • In the event of accidental poisoning, contact mirror with a sterno or candle in it. the Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) or • Wire for the portable stove. a local hospital emergency room for treatment • Candles (larger than votive) and container to hold advice. them. If candles are scented, use vanilla. • Whistle – To signal for help. • Matches (inside a container to keep them from getting wet or damp).

Page 4 © 2019, South Dakota Board of Regents • Flashlight (batteries reversed to prevent accidental Sports First Aid Kit burnout. Label as a reminder to reverse batteries Contents: The following items for the Sports First Aid for use). Kit need to be put in a fanny pack or a small backpack: • Spare flashlight batteries. • List of emergency numbers attached to • Canned solid fuel (i.e., Sterno). the inside of the fanny pack to include: 911 (if • Facial tissue. available in your local area); poison control center; • Spoons, small knife, can opener and metal emergency local numbers (fire, hospital, police, cups. sheriff, emergency medical transport ambulance). • Pencil or mechanical pencil/pad of paper. Specify names and phone numbers of your home, • Bright red or yellow cloth for signal banner. family doctor, family member, neighbors, etc. • Stocking cap, preferably with facemask. Include address and directions to your home. • Extra mittens or gloves and socks. If available, include cell phone numbers, radio • Instant hand warmer or instant pocket warmer numbers, and e-mail address for emergency – For warming hands. contacts. State the athlete’s birth date, including • Rope or twine (enough to reach the trunk from the year born. the front door). • Bandages – Assorted types and sizes for covering • Large plastic bags – For body-heat retention (but wounds. Include a large bandage. do not use next to the skin). • Reusable elastic wrap – 3” width bandage for • Information on winter storm survival. support or compression. • Non-perishable food – Suggested options: candy • Pre-wrap or 3” gauze and adhesive tape (to bars (high in energy), raisins, candy, dried fruit, wrap and tape over so the tape does not contact gum, tea bags, jar of instant coffee, soup packages the skin). (cup of soup), hot-chocolate packages, honey, beef • Penlight or mini flashlight for eye pupil check jerky, etc. and small light source. • Cotton balls in a clean package for cleansing Additional information: wounds. Keep Winter Survival Kit inside the vehicle: • Cotton-tip swabs in a clean package to apply • The trunk may be jammed by collision or buried in cream or ointment. a snowdrift. Flashlight batteries may freeze. • Antibiotic cream or ointment (any type) for minor • Warm the batteries with your body—between your cuts, scrapes, or burns. legs or under your arms. • Antiseptic wipes for cleansing. Other items to keep in vehicle: • Instant hand sanitizer for cleansing hands. • First Aid Basic and/or Advanced Kits are • Instant Cold Compress to apply to decrease recommended to have in the vehicle for winter swelling and/or promote comfort. survival. • Pen light. • Windshield scraper and brush • Tongue depressors in a clean package for • Sleeping bags splinting fingers or to apply antibiotic cream or • Blankets ointment. • Snowmobile suit/boots • Non-sterile medical gloves in a gallon-size, • Booster cables sealable plastic bag. Prior to use, gloves are clean. • Poultry grit, sand salt mix, ice-bite, or cat litter After use, dispose of gloves in a plastic bag (as an • Extra metal coffee cans or metal bulk food cans – infection barrier). For waste. Summer Emergency Survival Kit • Small shovel Contents: The following items for the Summer • Medications or special needs Emergency Survival Kit need to be put in a heavy-duty • Gas treatment backpack: • Breathing mask • Red bandana to wear on head

Page 5 © 2019, South Dakota Board of Regents • Rain poncho leave your home for several days, such as a severe • Work gloves winter storm or other emergencies? Identify the • Plastic shoe covers type of kit you are organizing and include the primary • Non-perishable food – Suggested options: candy purpose of your disaster emergency kit. bars (high in energy), raisins, candy, dried fruit, gum, tea bags, jar of instant coffee, soup packages For exhibiting purposes, the following should not be (cup of soup), hot chocolate packages, honey, beef included: jerky, etc. • Matches (empty box is permissible) • Water container • Knife or other dangerous weapons • Metal silverware • Contact information of individuals in family • Metal cup emergency communication plan. (For example, • Emergency blanket list relatives as aunt, uncle, grandparent, etc.—do • Battery-powered radio not include names, phone numbers, addresses, • Battery-powered, heavy-duty flashlight or e-mails). Include only one sample water • Extra batteries for each (radio and flashlight) container—the amount of water needed can be • First Aid – Basic Kit Contents listed in your description. • Plastic sheeting 10’ x 10’ First Aid Reports • Roll of duct tape The following reports will be judged using the stated • Sunscreen 15 SPF or higher (small bottle) criteria: • Pencil or mechanical pencil and paper • Moist towelettes (6) General Appearance of Report: • Whistle • Neat • Organized Additional information: • Visual Appeal Not for exhibiting purposes, but should include: • Personal medications Meets Criteria for the exhibit lot: • Spare prescription eyeglasses • Report in a 3-ring binder • Food and water for three days • Minimum number of pages completed • Waterproof matches • Report includes title page • Jackknife • Report includes references used • Optional pictures, pamphlets, or illustrations Disaster Kit (Emergency Preparedness) A disaster kit must contain the materials to prepare a Written Report: person or family for emergency conditions caused by a • Neatly typed or computer written—minimal typing natural (e.g., tornado, fire, or ice storm) or man-made or spelling errors event (e.g., bomb threat, chemical spill, or acts of • Age-appropriate vandalism). Some of these events can cause the loss • All thoughts properly and clearly developed of electricity, water, heat, or other utilities that we take • Originality for granted every day. Your disaster kit is meant to help • Creativity your family in these emergencies. • Educate the reader

The selection of materials is left to the exhibitor. Family 4-H First Aid Project Report or group kits must have enough material or items for • Write a story or report on how you have used your each person. A description of the kit’s purpose and a 4-H First Aid Kit (Basic, Advanced, Vehicle, Farm, list of individual contents are required. Outdoor, or Winter Survival) that you have made within the past three years. Tell how your first aid There are different types of emergency kits: Is yours a kit contents have been used. Tell what you have “grab-n-go” kit that you take with you when you must learned in the 4-H First Aid Project. Tell what you leave your home for safety reasons? Or is it a “hunker- taught or shared with others as a result of acquired down” kit that is used when you or your family cannot knowledge and skills.

Page 6 © 2019, South Dakota Board of Regents • The First Aid Kit Project Report must be typed or Career Aspirations Report computer printed and placed in a 3-ring binder. Do you have career aspirations in health care, nursing, Report includes: title page, minimum 3-page medicine, or health science, or do you want to be a written report, reference page, and optional CPR instructor or EMT? Tell of your goals and plans. pictures, pamphlets, or illustrations on additional pages. May include pamphlets and handouts received. • Ideas for report could include tours, visits, First Aid Workshop Presentation Report interviews regarding helicopter flight service, flight Describe your presentation on first aid. How did you nursing, hospital emergency personnel, etc. prepare for the workshop? How did your audience • The Career Aspirations Report must be typed or participate? What visuals did you use (videotape, computer printed and placed in a 3-ring binder. power point, posters, models, equipment, First Aid Report includes: title page, a minimum 5-page Kit, slides, computer, Internet, CD Rom, etc.). Include written report, reference page, and optional the number of times presented and the number of pictures, pamphlets, or illustrations on additional participants. pages.

• Suggested topics: How to use a fire extinguisher; Emergency Pet Supply Kit How to treat burns; How to wash your hands for This exhibit lot is cross-listed under several 4-H infection control; “Thump Your Melon” from State project areas and satisfies a project goal for any Department of Health; etc. of the four projects listed: Cat, Dog, Horse, or First Aid (These kits will be judged by Vet Science judges.) The First Aid Workshop Presentation Report must be typed or computer printed and placed in 3-ring In case of an emergency, your pet will still need binder. Report includes: title page, minimum 3-page you to take care of it. Place all essential items in a written report, reference page, and optional pictures, sturdy container (e.g., duffle bag, back pack, covered pamphlets, or illustrations on additional pages. plastic container, etc.) that can be carried easily. Your Emergency Pet Supply Kit should include: First Aid Investigations Report • Pet name, pet medications and medical records, Have you interviewed a medical professional, or have veterinarian’s name and telephone number, and you read stories or articles about first aid? owner’s name and telephone number (stored in a • Describe what you learned from reading a waterproof container). minimum of three different stories or articles • Sturdy leashes, harnesses, and/or carriers to relating to one specific first aid topic, or describe transport pets safely and ensure that your animal what you saw and learned as you toured and can’t escape. interviewed workers at a hospital, ambulance • Current photos (stored in sealable plastic bag) of service, flight helicopter, care center, fire station, your pets, in case your pets get lost. etc. Explain what effect this information has had • List of boarding facilities, friends, or relatives that on your first aid knowledge and skills. could provide shelter for pets • The First Aid Kit Investigations Report must be • Food and potable water to last three days. typed or computer printed and placed in a 3-ring • Bowls, cat litter/pan, can opener, or other items binder. Report includes: title page, minimum specific to your pet. 3-page written report, reference page, and optional • Information (stored in sealable plastic bag) on pictures, pamphlets, or illustrations on additional feeding schedules, medical conditions, behavior pages. problems, and the name and telephone number of your veterinarian, in case you have to foster or board your pets. • Pet beds and toys, if easily transportable.

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