First aid basic life support

• First Aid Basic Life Support

  Training packages for health emergencies
• Fever


  Standard First Aid (SFA)
• First Steps in First Aid

  1. Scene size-up

  2. Primary assessment

  3. History

  4. Secondary assessment
• Scene size-up

  1. Survey the scene

  2. Move patient to safest area

  3. Check for the consciousness of the patient

  4. Introduce yourself to gain patient and bystanders' trust

  5. Call for help
• Primary assessment

  1. Circulation

  2. Airway

  3. Breathing
• Circulation


  • Skin color, clammy, sweaty, very dry
  • Pulse at the side of the base of the thumb
• Airway

  • Able to speak/cry = open airway
  • Note quality of speaking/crying
  • Open the airway
  • Remove obstructions
• Breathing

  • Check for signs of breathing (NOT > THAN 10 SECONDS!)
  • Feel the flow of air against your cheek
  • Hear the flow of air
  • See the chest rise and fall
• History

  1. Chief complaint

  2. History of the chief complaint

  3. Pain assessment

  4. Onset

  5. Allergies

  6. Medical history and medications

  7. Next of kin
• Secondary assessment


  1. To monitor victim's condition; identify specific injuries

  2. Head and neck

  3. Shoulders, chest and back

  4. Arms and hands

  5. Abdomen

  6. Hips

  7. Legs and feet
• Head


  • Sunken areas
  • Blood or fluid on the surface
  • Blood or fluid coming out of ears
  • Confused? Difficulty speaking? Difficulty walking?
• Neck


  • Sides, back of neck
  • Painful, tender or deformed immobilize
• Shoulders


  • Examine collar bone area
  • Push down shoulders
• Chest


  • Evenness
  • Movement during breathing
  • Wounds
  • Pain
• Abdomen


  • Evenness
  • "Board-like" feeling
  • Pain
• Hips


  • Compress gently
  • If pain on compression DO NOT rock!
  • If no pain on compression, push down gently in a rocking motion
• Legs and feet

  • Feel for deformity or pain
  • Shortening, rotation
  • Normal, painless movement of each foot
  • Obvious injuries