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Fireworks Injury Quiz

There is no safe way to play with fireworks. The only safe way to enjoy fireworks is at professionally-run public displays; however, amateurs continue to use fireworks. If a child were hit in the eye, would you know what to do? (Source: Prevent Blindness America)

1) A piece of glass or metal from a bottle rocket strikes your child’s eye. There is no bleeding and the pain goes away quickly.
a. Ignore it. There is probably nothing wrong.
b. Apply ointment or rinse out the eye to be safe.
c. Take the child to an emergency room.
d. Give aspirin or ibuprofen pain reliever.

2) After a fireworks incident, the child is in terrible pain and wants to rub the eye. What should you do?
a. Let him/her rub the eye.
b. Do not let the child rub the eye and go immediately to the emergency room.
c. Give aspirin or an ibuprofen pain reliever as soon as possible.
d. Apply ointment immediately.

3) The child’s eye has been hit by an exploding bottle rocket, a sparkler or another type of fireworks device. The first thing to do is:
a. Tape or secure some type of protective patch against the bones surrounding the eye area and go immediately to the emergency room.
b. Apply ointment immediately.
c. Rinse out the eye immediately.
d. Give a pain reliever like aspirin or ibuprofen.

4) What is the best over-the-counter pain reliever to get for the child on the way to the hospital?
a. Child-dosage aspirin.
b. Adult-dosage aspirin.
c. An ibuprofen-based pain reliever.
d. Do not stop for pain relief medication.

5) Which is the wrong thing to do for a child’s injured eye?
a. Apply ointment.
b. Keep the child calm.
c. Tape a patch against the bones surrounding the eye area.

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Safety Canada, April 1999

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