Save
PRE-FINALS
Disaster Risk and Readiness Reduction (PRE-FINAL)
First Aid
Save
Share
Learn
Content
Leaderboard
Learn
Created by
Reyco Jay
Visit profile
Cards (22)
First Aid
- Is immediate help provided to a sick or injured persons until professional medical help arrives or become available.
Disease Transmission
- Infectious disease are those that can spread from one person to another through the following ways:
Direct Contact
Indirect Contact
Airborne transmission
Bites
Primary Assessment
Assessing Responsiveness
Activate Medical Help
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Primary Assessment
Assessing Responsiveness
- A patient’s response level can be summarized in the AVPU.
A = Alert
V = Responsive to Voice
P = Responsive to Pain
U = Unresponsive/Unconscious
Primary Assessment
Activate Medical Help
- Ask someone to call for local emergency number.
Primary Assessment
Call First
If you are alone, it is important to know when to call during emergency.
The situations are likely to be cardiac related, where time is critical factor.
Primary Assessment
Care First
- The situations or conditions often related to breathing emergency.
Primary Assessment
Airway
- An open airway allows air to enter the lungs for the person to breathe.
Primary Assessment
Breathing
- While maintaining an open airway, quickly check an unconscious person for doing the LLF technique for 10 seconds.
Primary Assessment (Circulation)
Bleeding
Shock
Skin color
,
temperature
, and
moisture
Primary Assessment (Circulation)
Bleeding
Quickly look for severe bleeding by looking over the persons body from head.
Signal such as blood-soaked clothing or blood spurting out of a wound.
Primary Assessment (Circulation)
Shock
If left untreated, shock can lead to death
Always look for the signals of shock you are giving care
Primary Assessment (Circulation)
Skin color
,
temperature
, and
moisture
- Assessment of skin temperature, color, and condition can tell you.
Secondary Assessment
- If an injured or ill person is not in an immediate condition, you can begin to check for other conditions that may need care.
Interviewing
The person and the bystander.
Checking the person head to toe.
First Aid at Home
Home Remedies for Fever
Paracetamol
, mefenamic acid
500
mg every 4 hours (adult)
15-20
mg per kilo every 4 hours (children)
First Aid at Home
Home Remedies for Fever in children
Lukewarm
Bath
Hydration
Ample
rest
Resting in a
cool
place
Remedies for Burns
Types of Burns:
Thermal
Electrical
Radiation
Chemical
Degree of Burns
First
Degree
Second
Degree
Third
Degree
Degree of Burns
First
Degree (skin surface)
Reddening of the skin
Hot to touch
Degree of Burns
Second
Degree
Blister formation
Degree of Burns
Third
Degree (full thickness)
Sloughing of the skin
Exposure of the subcutaneous tissue and muscles