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TO PROLONG LIFE
CHARACTERISTICS OF A
GOOD FIRST AIDER
GENTLE
RESOURCE
FUL
CHARACTERISTICS OF A
GOOD FIRST AIDER
OBSERVAN
TACTFUL
T
CHARACTERISTICS OF A
GOOD FIRST AIDER
RESPECTA
EMPHATIC
BLE
HINDRANCES IN GIVING
FIRST AID
UNFAVORABLE SURROUNDINGS
PRESENCE OF CROWDS
PRESSURE FROM VICTIMS OR RELATIVES
GETTING STARTED
PLAN OF ACTION
GATHERING OF NEEDED MATERIALS
INITIAL RESPONSE
ASK FOR HELP
INTERVENE
DO NO FURTHER HARM
INSTRUCTION TO HELPERS
EMERGENCY
ACTION
PRINCIPLES
EMERGENCY ACTION
PRINCIPLES
SURVEY
THE
SCENE
EMERGENCY ACTION
PRINCIPLES
PRIMARY
SURVEY
CHECK FOR
CONSCIOUSNESS
CHECK AIRWAY
CHECK FOR SIGNS OF
LIFE
EMERGENCY ACTION
PRINCIPLES
ACTIVATE
MEDICAL
ASSISTANC
E
CALL FIRST
OR CALL
FAST (FOR
LONE
RESPONDERS
)
CALL FIRST
ACTIVATE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE BEFORE
PROVIDING CARE IF:
AN UNCONSCIOUS ADULT VICTIM OR CHILD 8
YEARS OLD OR OLDER
AN UNCONSCIOUS INFANT OR CHILD KNOWN TO
BE AT HIGH RISK FOR HEART PROBLEMS
CARE FIRST
PROVIDE FIRST AID FOR 1-2 MINUTES THEN
CALL IF:
AN UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM LESS THAN 8 YEARS
OLD
CARDIAC ARREST IN CHILDREN KNOWN TO BE AT
HIGH RISK FR ARRHYTHMIAS
ANY VICTIM OF SUBMERSION OR NEAR DROWNING
ANY VICTIM OF ARREST ASSOCIATED WITH
TRAUMA
ANY VICTIM OF DRUG OVERDOSE
INFORMATION TO BE
REMEMBERED WHEN CALLING.
WHAT HAPPENED?
LOCATION?
NUMBER OF PERSONS INJURED?
EXTENT OF INJURY AND FIRST AID GIVEN
TELEPHONE NUMBER FROM WHERE YOU ARE
CALLING.
NOTE: PERSON WHO CALLED MUST
IDENTIFY HIMSELF/HERSELF AND BE THE
LAST TO DROP THE CALL
EMERGENCY ACTION
PRINCIPLES
SECONDAR
Y SURVEY
INTERVIEW THE
VICTIM
ASK THE VICTIMS
NAME
ASK WHAT
HAPPENED
ASSESS THE
SAMPLE HISTORY
SAMPLE HISTORY
S SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
A ALLERGIES
M MEDICATIONS
P PAST MEDICAL HISTORY
L LAST ORAL INTAKE
E EVENTS PRIOR TO THE EPISODE
EMERGENCY ACTION
PRINCIPLES
SECONDAR
Y SURVEY
EMERGENCY ACTION
PRINCIPLES
SECONDAR
Y SURVEY
PERFORM HEAD TO
TOE EXAMINATION
DCAPBTLS
DCAPBTLS
DEFORMITI
ES
DCAPBTLS
CONTUSIO
N
DCAPBTLS
ABRASION
DCAPBTLS
PUNCTURE
DCAPBTLS
BRUISING
DCAPBTLS
TENDERNE
SS
DCAPBTLS
LACERATIO
NS
DCAPBTLS
SWELLING
POISONING
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
ALTERED MENTAL STATUS
HISTORY OF INGESTING POISONS
BURNS AROUND THE MOUTH
ODD BREATH ODORS
NAUSEAS AND VOMITING
DIARRHEA
WHAT TO DO IN POISONING
IDENTIFY THE POISON. DIFFERENT POISONS
HAVE DIFFERENT ANTIDOTES.
PLACE THE VICTIM ON HIS/HER LEFT SIDE
MONITOR THE ABCS
SAVE ANY EMPTY CONTAINER FOR ANALYISIS
SAVE ANY VOMITUS IF PRESENT
SPRAIN
A SPRAIN IS A
PAINFUL TEARING
OF THE LIGAMENT
FROM THE BONE.
THIS IS USUALLY
CAUSED BY
OVERSTRETCHING
OF CERTAIN
JOINTS IN THE
BODY
R REST
I IMMOBILIZE
C COMPRESSION
E - ELEVATE
CHOKING
UNIVERSAL
SIGN OF
CHOKING
CHOKING
THE UNIVERSAL SIGN OF CHOKING IS
GRABBING OF THE THROAT
THE CASUALTY MAY COUGH, WHEEZE OR
STOP BREATHING SUDDENLY
A CHOKING VICTIM MAY GET UP AND LEAVE
SUDDENLY BECAUSE OF EMBARRASSMENT
THE PATIENT MAY START TO GO BLUE AND
BECOME CONFUSED
CHOKING
THE
HEIMLICH
MANEUVER
NOSEBLEEDS
NOSEBLEEDS HAPPEN COMMONLY WHEN
THERE IS BREAKAGE IN THE SMALL
BLOOD VESSELS (CAPILLARIES) INSIDE
THE NOSE
IN SEVERE OR URGENT CASES THE MOST
COMMON CAUSE IS DIRECT TRAUMA
FAINTING
FAINTING IS A BRIEF
LOSS OF
CONSCIOUSNESS
CAUSED BY A
TEMPORARY
SHORTAGE OF BLOOD
FLOW TO THE BRAIN.
THESE CASUALTIES
USUALLY RECOVER
QUICKLY
CAUSES OF FAINTING
STANDING OR SITTING IN ONE POSITION FOR
EXTREMELY LONG PERIODS. BLOOD POOLS IN THE LEGS
FATIGUE, HUNGER, LACK OF A WELL-VENTILATED AREA
FEAR ANXIETY AND EMOTIONAL STRESS. SOME PEOPLE
FAINT AT HE SIGHT OF BLOOD
ILLNESS, INJURY OR SEVERE PAIN.