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PPT Module 3 - Patient Casualty Handling

The document provides guidance on patient casualty handling, including emergency rescue, transfer methods, and carries. It notes dangers that require emergency rescue like fire, toxic gases, traffic hazards, drowning, and electrocution. Transfer methods depend on factors like injury severity, victim size, available personnel, and evacuation route. Carries include one-man, two-man, and three-man assists that maintain the patient's airway and control hemorrhaging while keeping them in the correct position. Proper lifting techniques keep weight close to the body and use leg and core muscles to reduce strain.

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PPT Module 3 - Patient Casualty Handling

The document provides guidance on patient casualty handling, including emergency rescue, transfer methods, and carries. It notes dangers that require emergency rescue like fire, toxic gases, traffic hazards, drowning, and electrocution. Transfer methods depend on factors like injury severity, victim size, available personnel, and evacuation route. Carries include one-man, two-man, and three-man assists that maintain the patient's airway and control hemorrhaging while keeping them in the correct position. Proper lifting techniques keep weight close to the body and use leg and core muscles to reduce strain.

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MODULE 3

Patient Casualty Handling

Emergency Rescue 6) Danger of collapsing walls.


➢ It is a rapid movement of patient from unsafe
place to a place of safety.
➢ Indications for Emergency Rescue:
1) Danger of fire or explosion;

➢ Methods of Rescue:
1) For immediate rescue without any
assistance, drag or pull the victim.
2) Most of the one–man drag/carries and
2) Danger of toxic gases or asphyxia due other transfer methods can be used as
to lack of oxygen; method of rescue.

Transfer
➢ It is moving a patient from one place to
another after giving first aid.

3) Serious traffic hazards;

➢ Selection of transfer method will depend on


the following:
1) Nature and severity of the injury;

4) Risk of drowning;

5) Danger of electrocution;
2) Size of the victim;

6) Distance to be covered;
3) Physical capabilities of the first aider;

7) Sex/Gender of the victim. (Last


Consideration).

4) Number of personnel and equipment Pointers to be observed during transfer:


available; 1) Victim’s airway must be maintained open;
2) Hemorrhage is controlled;
3) Victim is safely maintained in the correct
position;
4) Regular check of the victim’s condition is
made;
5) Supporting bandages and dressing remain
effectively applied;
6) The method of transfer is safe, comfortable
and as speedy as circumstances permit;
5) Nature of evacuation route;
7) The patient’s body is moved as one unit;
8) The taller first aider stay at the head side of
the victim;
9) First Aiders/Bearers must observe
ergonomics in lifting and moving of patient.

Carries
➢ One–Man Assist/Carries:
1) Assist to walk;
2) Carry in arms;
3) Pack strap carry.
➢ Two–Man Assist/Carries:
1) Hand as a liter;
2) Carry by extremities.
➢ Three–Man Assist/Carries:
1) Hammock carry (for wide alleys);
2) Bearers alongside (for narrow alleys).
Preparing To Lift and Moving of Patients, Basic
Reminders:
1) Keep the object’s weight as close as possible
to your body;
2) Use the leg, hip, and gluteal (buttocks)
muscles plus contracted abdominal muscles to
move heavy object. (Body mechanics);
3) Keep body in proper position (shoulders
stacked on top of the hips and the hips stacked
on top of the feet);
4) Reduce height or distance through which the
object must be moved.

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