FIRST AID IS TEMPORARY & IMMEDIATE

TREATMENT GIVEN TO A PERSON WHO IS

INJURED OR SUDDENLY BECOMES ILL, USING
FACILITES OR MATERIALS AVAILABLE AT THAT
TIME BEFORE THE MEDICAL CHECKUP IS
IMPARTED.
TO PRESERVE THE LIFE.
TO PREVENT FURTHER INJURY AND
DETERIOATION OF CONDITION.
TO MAKE THE VICTIM AS COMFORTABLE AS
POSSIBLE TO CONSERVE STRENTH.
TO PUT INJURED PERSON UNDER
PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CARE AT EARLIEST.
RESTORATION OF RESPIRATION
CONTROL BLEEDING
TREAT SHOCK
CARE UNCONCIOUS
CARE FOR FRACTURES
CARE FOR BURNS
TREAT MULTIPLE INJURIES
TRANSPORTATION OF VICTIM
DO FIRST THINGS FIRST, QUICKLY, QUITELY & WITHOUT PANIC.
REASSURE CASUALITY & HIS RELATIVES SYMPATHETICALLY.
LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING:
A) IS THERE ANY FAILURE OF BREATHING?
B) IS THERE ANY FAILURE OF CIRCULATION?
C) IS THERE SEVERE BLEEDING?
AVOID HANDLING THE CASUALITY UNNECESSARILY.
ARRANGE FOR THE SAFE REMOVAL OF CASUALITY TO CARE OF
THE DOCTOR OR HOSPITAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.