FIRST AID PRIORITIES DANGERS - ASSESS THE SITUATION

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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 LIFE PROTECT THE UNCONSCIOUS PREVENT FURTHER INJURY PROMOTE RECOVERY PROCURE 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. SYMPTOMS SENSATIONS WHICH THE PATIENT DESCRIBES e.g. PAIN, NAUSEA, DIZZINESS, HEADACHE, ETC. SIGNS EVIDENCE AS DETECTED BY THE FIRST AIDER e.g. BLEEDING, PALE SKIN, SWELLING, DEFORMITY, ETC.