First Aid Basics: Importance and Procedures for Emergency Care
Learn about the significance of first aid, its objectives, purposes, and scope. Discover how to provide initial treatment in emergency situations such as respiratory emergencies, while understanding the signs and symptoms to watch out for. Equip yourself with the necessary knowledge and skills to assess, diagnose, and treat individuals effectively before professional medical help is available.
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FIRST AID FIRST AID Dr.P.MUTHUVEERA, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, AAC.. FIRST AID
First aid is the initial treatment or help given to sick particularly injured individual before professional medical care becomes available with the matter at hand.
OBJECTIVES Give life saving treatment Prevent accident as well as emergency illness at community setting or environment.
Identify the situations. emergency Use knowledge materials while helping the causality. appropriate, skill and
Equipping with basic knowledge and skill. Differentiate between emergency situation and other use.
PURPOSE OF FIRSTAID To keep the injured or ill person alive To prevent the injured condition becoming worse. from
To help him/her to recover. To sustains life
The scope of the first aid Assessing the situation. Diagnosing the problems. Giving immediate treatment . Referring of the causality to higher health institution
Check parts of the body Head Back Neck Arms Hands, Fingers, chest Legs, Feet, Toes Abdomen
Respiratory Emergencies A respiratory emergency is one in which normal breathing stops or in which breathing is so reduced that oxygen in take is insufficient to support life. Common causes of respiratory failure: Obstruction of the air way by tongue is dropping back. Inhalation of a small amount of food, smoke, irritation, foreign objects, carbon monoxide, etc. And Compression of the neck . Respiratory disease
Signs and symptoms Un able to breath Loss of consciousness General pallor (paleness) Difficult in breathing May be no visible breathing
First aid management of Respiratory problem Shout for help (depend on the condition) Determine the consciousness Assess and ensure that patient air way is clear. Place the patient flat on his back with the head turned to one side Remove any thing which is preventing the taking in of air (Remove constraints from the neck) Fit your mouth tightly over the patients open mouth and forcibly in to the lungs.
External view Mouth to mouth respiration
Bleeding Definition: Defusing or oozing of blood from blood vessels (Haemorrhage) Types of bleeding : 1.Arterial bleeding- bright red in colour, flow from the wound inside. 2.Venous bleeding dark red in colour, flow is steady. 3.Capillary bleeding oozing from bed of capillaries, red in colour, usually less bright than arterial blood with slow flow.
Direct Pressure Direct pressure and elevation
CONCLUSION "Safety brings first aid to the uninjured. ~F.S. Hughes" So save our body healthy and make helping mind to save other life. Give importance to others life.
