Objective: By the end of the class period you will be able to identify how to check an ill or
injured person and be able to explain the 3 C’s and what to do during each step.
First Aid
Do Now: Think of a time when you or someone
you know was injured. Write down ALL steps that
were taken in order to bring that person to safety.
Do Now:
1. Create a definition for the term First Aid.
2. Name 5 items in a first aid kit.
Objective: By the end of the class period you will be able to identify how to check an ill or
injured person and be able to explain the 3 C’s and what to do during each step.
First Aid: initial response to an
ill or injured person.
First Aid Kit
•Gauze Pads/Bandages
•Adhesive Tape
•Scissors
•Instant Ice pack
•Hand Sanitizer
•Peroxide/Alcohol
•Gloves
FIRST AID
• Your Role in the EMS System
1.
2.
3.
4.
Recognize that an emergency exists.
Decide to act.
Activate the EMS system.
Give care until help takes over.
1. Recognize that an Emergency
Exists
• Unusual Noises
– Screaming, yelling, or calls for help
– Breaking glass, crashing metal or screeching tires
• Unusual sights
– A stopped vehicle on the road, downed electrical wires, sparks
or smoke
• Unusual odors
– Gas, fire, or odors that are unrecognizable
• Unusual appearances or behaviors
– Unconsciousness, confusion, trouble breathing, sudden
collapse, clutching the chest or throat.
2. Decide to Act
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Panic or Fear of doing something wrong
Assuming Someone else will take action
Fear of catching a disease
Fear of Being Sued: Good Samaritan Law
3. Activate EMS System
• Call 9-1-1: most important step you can take
in an emergency
4. Give care until help takes over.
• Give appropriate care to an ill or injured
person until:
– You see an obvious sign of life, such as breathing
– Another trained responder or EMS personnel take
over
– You are too exhausted to continue
– The scene becomes unsafe
Good Samaritan Law
• Read the short article on page 4 of the textbook
entitled “Fear of Being Sued: Good Samaritan
Law.”
• Answer the following questions after reading:
– What is the Good Samaritan Law?
– What would a reasonable and prudent person do?
– When would this law NOT protect a lay responder?
Objective: By the end of the class period you will be able to identify how to check an ill or
injured person and be able to explain the 3 C’s and what to do during each step.
Do Now: What is the Good
Samaritan Law?
Emergency Action Principles:
CHECK, CALL, CARE
CHECK
• Check the scene and the victims.
• Check for consciousness
• Questions to be answered:
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Is the scene safe?
What happened?
How many victims are there?
Can bystanders help?
• Medical Alert Bracelet
Medical Alert Bracelet
• Used to identify people with certain medical
conditions such as:
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Diabetes
Internal Pacemaker
Epilepsy
Severe Allergies
Learn More About Medical Alert Bracelets
Call
• If you have decided that the
situation is an EMERGENCY
situation, call 9-1-1.
• If there is another person
that is helping you, have
them make the call.
• Let them know the
emergency, how many
victims and their
physical/mental state.
CARE
• Prior to giving care you must get consent from the
victim by:
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State your name
Tell the victim you are trained in first aid
Ask if you can help
Tell them what you think is wrong
Tell them how you plan on helping them
• Once 9-1-1 is called care for the victim who is in the
worst state
– For example care for someone that is unconscious and not
breathing rather than a person that has a cut or bruise
Implied Consent
• Permission to perform first aid care on an
unresponsive victim (unconscious/not
breathing) is assumed.
• This is based on the idea that a reasonable
person would give their permission to receive
lifesaving first aid if they were able.
Do Now:
WRITE IN YOUR PLANNER THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A QUIZ ON:
4A- 10/27
6A-10/23
4B- 10/28
6B-10/22
Do Now: What is a medical alert bracelet? Name
2 medical conditions where a person may wear
this bracelet.
(Try to answer these questions without your
notes)