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Basic First Aid Lecture

BASIC FIRST AID PRESENTATION

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Basic First Aid Lecture

BASIC FIRST AID PRESENTATION

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Introduction

FIRST AID AND of


BASIC LIFE
SUPPORT
INSP GLENN V PAAT
FO3 Fred Mhar P Bajet
FO3 Lloyd A Galamgam
FO1 Rowin Flaris
FO1 Vanah Marie V Laurente

BFP STO. DOMINGO


FIRST AID
ISTHE TIMELY RESPONSE TO
EMERGENCIES AND IMMEDIATE
CARE OF SICK AND INJURED PEOPLE
UNTIL FULL MEDICAL TREATMENT IS
AVAILABLE
PRINCIPLES OF FIRST
AID
 Preserve Life
 Prevent Deterioration
 Promote Recovery
 Taking Immediate Action
 Calming down the situation
 Calling for medical assistance
 Apply the relevant treatment
Why should you complete a
FIRST AID
COURSE?
* Because you, the first aider, are
the person most likely to be first
on the scene you need to know
how to recognize an emergency
and how to respond.
After completing FIRST
AID/BLS Training, you should
be able to:
• Recognize when an emergency has
occurred
• Follow Step-by-step plan of action for
any emergency
• Provide care for injuries or sudden
illness until professional medical help
arrives
FIRST AID KIT
what should be included?

• Gloves
• Dressings (gauze)
• Antiseptic (alcohol)
• Face Shield for CPR
HAZARD

• ANY SOURCE OF POTENTIAL


DAMAGE, HARM OR ADVERSE
HEALTH EFFECTS ON SOMETHING OR
SOMEONE
Example of Hazard
WORKPLACE HAZARD EXAMPLE OF HAZARD EXAMPLE OF HARM CAUSED

Thing Knife Cut

Substance Benzene Leukemia

Material Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Tuberculosis

Source of Energy Electricity Shock, Electrocution

Condition Wet Floor Slips, Falls

Process Welding Metal Fume Fever

Practice Hard Rock Mining Silicosis

Behaviour Bullying Anxiety, Fear, Depression


RISK
• IS THE CHANCE OR PROBABILITY THAT A
PERSON WILL BE HARMED OR
EXPERIENCE AN ADVERSE HEALTH
EFFECT IF EXPOSED TO HAZARD.

Ex. Cigarette smokers are 12 times (for example)


more likely to die of lung cancer than non-
smokers
RISK ASSESSMENT
• Is a process where you:
- Identify hazards and risk factors that have
potential to cause harm
- Analyze and evaluate the risk associated with
that hazard
- Determine appropriate ways to eliminate the
hazard or control the risk when hazard can’t be
eliminated
ADVERSE HEALTH
• EFFECT
Any change in body function or the structures of cells
that can lead to disease or health problems. It
includes:
- Bodily injury -
Disease
-Decrease in Life span
-Change in body functions
-Effects on developing fetus
-Effects on children, grandchildren
-Change in mental condition resulting from stress,
traumatic experiences,
exposure to solvents, etc
Will exposure to hazards in the workplace
always cause injury, illness or other
adverse health effects?
• You need to know
- What hazards are present
- How a person is exposed
- What kind of effect could result from the specific exposure a
person experienced,
- The risk that exposure to a hazardous thing or condition
would cause an injury
- How severe the damage, injury or harm be
CLASSIFICATIONS OF HAZARDS by
category
• BIOLOGICAL – bacteria, viruses, insects, plants, birds,
animals, and humans
• CHEMICAL – depends on the physical, chemical and
toxic properties of the chemical
• ERGONOMIC – repetitive movements, improper set up
of workstation
• PHYSICAL – radiation, magnetic field, pressure
extremes
• PSYCHOSOCIAL – stress, violence
• SAFETY – slipping/tripping hazard, inappropriate
machine guarding, equipment malfunctions or
breakdowns
EMERGENCY ACTION
PRINCIPLES
1.Survey the scene
2.Conduct primary survey and
care for life-threatening
problems
3.Conduct secondary survey
when appropriate and care for
additional problems
1. SURVEY THE SCENE
Is the scene safe?
What happened?
How many victims are there?
Can bystanders help?

!!! An emergency that begins with one victim could end


up two if you are hurt.
1. SURVEY THE SCENE
!!! IF THE SCENE IS UNSAFE
- Find out what happened
- Look around for clues about what caused
the emergency and
- type and extent of the victim’s injuries
2. PRIMARY SURVEY
- Looking for conditions that are an immediate
threat to the victim’s life. You check the
following:
* Conscious state
* Airway
* Breathing
* Circulation
* Severe Bleeding
3. SECONDARY SURVEY
- Is a systematic method of finding other injuries
or conditions that may need care.

The three basic steps:

1. Question the victim and bystanders


2. Check the vital signs
3. Do a head-to-toe examination

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