FIRST AID

• immediate care given to a person who has been injured/suddenly ill, and it includes self-help and home care

  FIRST AID
• what are the objectives?

  • lessen suffering
  • prevent further injury or danger
  • preserve life
  • fasten recovery
• trained personnel who provides first aid?

  FIRST-AIDER
• What are the characteristics?

  • GENTLE
  • RESOURCEFUL
  • OBSERVANT
  • TACTFUL
  • SYMPAHETIC
  • RESPECTABLE
  • CALM AND CONFIDENT|
• does not cause any pain

  gentle
• makes use of things at hand with the best capability

  resourceful
• notices all signs

  observant
• does not make the victim worry

  tactful
• comforts the victim

  sympathetic
• has a professional and caring attitude

  respectable
• does not easily panic and knows what he/she is doing

  calm and confident
• ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • bridges the gap between the victim and the physician
  • his/her role ends when the physician begins
  • ensure the safety of him/herself and the of bystanders
  • gains access to the victim
  • determines any threats to the patient's life
  • he/she provides needed care for the patients
• every day more than 2000 children or teenagers die from?


  • ROAD ACCIDENTS
  • DROWNING
  • BURN FALLS
  • POISONING
• GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES

  1. obtain the consent of the victim
  2. gain the confidence of the victim
  3. assess the victim's injury
  4. identify the victim's problems and which of them requires immediate first aid
  5. seek medical care if necessary
  6. provide the appropriate first aid treatment
  7. get useful information about the victim
• It covers and open wound to protect it form infection

  dressing
• control bleeding and prevent a wound from swelling?

  bandages
• WHAT ARE THE 3 TYPES OF BANDAGES?

  • rollers
  • tubural
  • triangular
• support fractures and dislocations, use to form slings and cravants

  triangular bandage
• folded triangular bandage

  cravat bandage