FIRST AID PRIORITIES

DANGERS - ASSESS THE SITUATION

RESPONSE - SHAKE & SHOUT, RESPONSE, LATERAL POSITION

AIRWAY - LOOK, CLEAR, TILT HEAD

BREATHING - LOOK, LISTEN, FEEL

CIRCULATION - CAROTID PULSE

DANGEROUS BLEEDING -HEAD TO TOE CHECK

RE-CHECK ABC EVERY 2 MINUTES

FIRST AID

FIRST AID IS :THE INITIAL CARE OF THE SICK OR INJURED.

AIMS :PRESERVE LIFEPROTECT THE UNCONSCIOUSPREVENT FURTHER INJURYPROMOTE RECOVERYPROCURE MEDICAL AID

DO NOT PANIC !

DO BE GENTLE AND CARING

DANGERS

* TRAFFIC

* ELECTRICITY

* FIRE AND SMOKE

* NOXIOUS FUMES & GASSES

* RISK OF DROWNING

* TEMPERATURE EXTREMES

* VENOMOUS CREATURES

* FUEL / CHEMICAL SPILLS

* UNSTABLE STRUCTURES

* ANIMALS

* LOCATION

MAKING ASSESSMENTS

HISTORY AN ACCOUNT OF ILLNESS OR ACCIDENT AS OBTAINED FROM THE PATIENT, WITNESSES OR OBSERVING THE SCENE.

SYMPTOMSSENSATIONS WHICH THE PATIENT DESCRIBES e.g. PAIN, NAUSEA, DIZZINESS, HEADACHE, ETC.

SIGNSEVIDENCE AS DETECTED BY THE FIRST AIDER e.g. BLEEDING, PALE SKIN, SWELLING, DEFORMITY, ETC.