2. 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

3. 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

4. DANGERS * TRAFFIC * ELECTRICITY * FIRE AND SMOKE
* NOXIOUS FUMES & GASSES
* RISK OF DROWNING
* TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
* VENOMOUS CREATURES
* FUEL / CHEMICAL SPILLS
* UNSTABLE STRUCTURES
* ANIMALS
* LOCATION

5. 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.