Response to First Aid Situations
Response to First Aid Situations
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Important Definitions
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Check: identifying the number of injured patients, ensuring on-site safet
y of the patients, assessing the severity of the injuries and determining t
he required manpower and resources.
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Call: quickly reporting the on-site status to EMS or 1-1-9.
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Care: Taking care of the injured patient until EMS arrives.
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Shock: critical condition when the organs and tissues of the body are no
t receiving enough blood and oxygen; may result in major organ dysfun
ction.
Learning Objectives
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The steps you need to take during an emergency.
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What you need to be aware of on-site of the emergency.
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The measure you need to take if the injured person is in a dangerous situation.
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What you need to report to 119 about the situation.
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How to check the status and safety of the injured person.
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In case of shock, how to administer first aid.
Response to First Aid Situations
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Check
Call
Care
1. CHECK
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① Is it safe?
② What happened?
③ How many people are
involved?
④ Is there immediate
danger involved?
⑤ Is anyone else available
to help?
⑥ What is wrong?
2. CALL
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Dial 1-1-9
Provide the information that
the call taker requests.
Do not hang up before the call taker
does. You might cut off information the
call taker needs.
After you complete the call,
continue to administer first aid.
2. CALL
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Important Information You Need to
Tell the 119 Call Taker
Name of the caller
What happened?
How many people are injured
What is the current condition of the injured person?
The location of where the emergency occurred
3. CARE
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Do no further harm.
Help the person rest in the most comfortable position.
Monitor the person’s breathing and consciousness.
Keep the person from getting chilled or overheated
Reassure the person.
Give any specific care needed.
Five Rules Of First Aid
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① Ensure your safety.
② Your identity is revealed through your actions.
③ You do not make life or death judgments for the pati
ent.
④ Generally, do not use medicine on the patient.
⑥ Know when to stop first aid and wait for professional
medical personnel.
Checking an ill or injured person
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Checking a Conscious Person
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Interview the person and bystanders.
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Check the person from head to toe.
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What happened?
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Do you feel pain or discomfort anywhere?
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Do you have any allergies?
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Do you have any medical conditions or are you taking any
medication?
Checking an ill or injured person
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Checking from Head to Toe
① Ask simple questions and keep interviews brief.
② Feel the skin with the back of your hand to determine its
temperature.
③ Ask the person to gently move his or her head from side to side to
check the neck.
④ Ask the person to shrug his or her shoulders to check the shoulders.
⑤ To check the chest and abdomen, ask the person to breathe deeply
and then blow the air out.
⑥ Ask the person to move his or her fingers, hands and arms
⑦ Ask the person to bend his or her legs.
⑧ If there are no signals of obvious injuries, help the person into a
comfortable position.
⑨ Help the person to slowly stand when he or she is ready.
Checking an ill or injured person
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Checking an unconscious person
①
Open the unconscious person’s airwa
y using the head-tilt/ chin-lift technique.
②
Look, listen and feel for movement a
nd breathing for no more than 10 seconds.
③
Keep the airway open and give 2 resc
ue breaths.
④
Check the severe bleeding by scannin
g from heals to toe.
Shock
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Causes of Shock
The most common cause of shock is severe blood loss
Signs of Shock
Rapid, shallow
Rapid and weak
breathing
pulse
Severe thirst
Pale, cold, cla
mmy skin, swe
ating
Nausea and pos
sibly vomiting
Weakness and
Unconsciou
dizziness
sness
Caring for shock
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