First Aid: This is the immediate or temporary
treatment given in case of accident, emergency or sudden illness before taking
the victim to the hospital or the arrival of a doctor.
treatment given in case of accident, emergency or sudden illness before taking
the victim to the hospital or the arrival of a doctor.
WHERE CAN FIRST AID BE
GIVEN
GIVEN
1.) Home 2.) Hospital 3) Road side 4) Work place 5) Playground
REASONS FOR FIRST AID
1. To promote or aid recovery
2. To sustain life
3. To prevent the patient’s
condition from getting worse.
condition from getting worse.
4. To prevent contamination
QUALITIES OF A GOOD FIRST
AIDER
AIDER
1. Training
2. Organising ability
3. Self confidence
4. Must have sympathy and
empathy
empathy
5. Must be of good judgement
or common sense
or common sense
6. Appreciate that sometimes,
the less interference is better.
the less interference is better.
PRINCIPLES OF FIRST AID
1. Take charge and observe
intelligently, remove the patient from danger or remove former danger from the
patient.
intelligently, remove the patient from danger or remove former danger from the
patient.
2. Treat the most urgent
condition first in order to prevent getting worst, these conditions. These
conditions are:
condition first in order to prevent getting worst, these conditions. These
conditions are:
a. Apparent cessation of
breathing
breathing
b. Severe haemorrhage
c. Shock
3. Keep off crowd and prevent
them from exciting the patient.
them from exciting the patient.
4. Give confidence to the
conscious casualty i.e. talk to him, listen to him and get facts from him/her.
conscious casualty i.e. talk to him, listen to him and get facts from him/her.
5. Determine the level of
patient’s consciousness if not conscious, position him correctly and carefully,
i.e. left lateral position with head turned to one side so that the saliva will
tickle out of his mouth and not give anything to eat by mouth.
patient’s consciousness if not conscious, position him correctly and carefully,
i.e. left lateral position with head turned to one side so that the saliva will
tickle out of his mouth and not give anything to eat by mouth.
6. Mobilize any fracture in
position after arresting bleeding, cover wounds if any. If it is necessary to
lift the patient, get help to avoid unnecessary handling.
position after arresting bleeding, cover wounds if any. If it is necessary to
lift the patient, get help to avoid unnecessary handling.
7. Arrange to remove the
patient or take the patient home or to a suitable shelter or to the hospital
while transporting, carefully take history if possible. If very serious, it may
be necessary to send for a doctor and give the history to aid the doctor.
patient or take the patient home or to a suitable shelter or to the hospital
while transporting, carefully take history if possible. If very serious, it may
be necessary to send for a doctor and give the history to aid the doctor.
8. Do not give anything by
mouth to the patient who is suspected to have gotten internal injury who may
also need a surgery.
mouth to the patient who is suspected to have gotten internal injury who may
also need a surgery.
ITEMS IN THE FIRST AID BOX
List of items found in the first aid box include:
1. Safety pin
2. Scissors
3. Sticky tape
4. Cough medicine
5. Antihistamine
6. Fugal medicine
7. Muscle cream and sprayer
8. Antiseptic cream/lotion
9. Adhesive bandage
10. Distilled water for water
for cleaning wounds
for cleaning wounds
11. Disposable sterile gloves
12. A pair of tweezers
13. Pain relief (crocin and
combiflam) or paracetamol
combiflam) or paracetamol
14. Thermometer and fever
medicine
medicine
15. Iodine
16. Cotton wool.
RECOMMENDATION
More first aiders should
be trained all over the country to assist the public in case of emergencies and
also at homes.
be trained all over the country to assist the public in case of emergencies and
also at homes.
CHALLENGES
There were no enough
first aiders to attend to emergency cases in the public.
first aiders to attend to emergency cases in the public.
CONCLUSION
First aid treatment is necessary in our
communities so as to emerge in emergency cases so as to disinfect, eradicate and
help save lives in emergency cases before taken the person to the hospital for
proper test/treatment by the doctor.
communities so as to emerge in emergency cases so as to disinfect, eradicate and
help save lives in emergency cases before taken the person to the hospital for
proper test/treatment by the doctor.
