How should a rescuer begin with an unresponsive patient?

Answer 1

Apply a bandage to both eyes.

Answer 2

The first thing is scene safety. You can't help if you become a part of the problem. Make sure there is no danger present. After that it the ABC's. Airway, Breathing and Circulation, in that order. Also call for an ambulance if one has not already been called. Don't assume that someone else did it, make sure.

Answer 3

you need to check for hazards like (fire,wire,gas,glass)

then you asses responsiveness by asking then if they are ok in a loud voice and pinching there shoulder (don't kick there feet in case they have a head or spinal injury).

Answer 4

After the scene is surveyed, and determined safe to enter; check for consciousness. If unconscious, tip the head and check for signs of life on an adult; check for breathing on a child and infant.

Answer 5

The specifics of first aid teachings are highly regional, and passed down from each nations local first aid advisory council. As such techniques taught will vary from country to country.

I would recommend every single person undertakes basic first aid training, as in an emergency a little first aid knowledge is better than none. And if you have a car, carry a simple first aid kit in it, it will allow you more options when it comes to treating a casualty.

However the principals of treatment are generally similar, and will follow a logical order of most serious injuries to least serious. I will not go into specific techniques here, but offer general advice.

As such, generally the order to treat injuries will probably be as follows:

• Assess the area, there may be dangers to yourself and the casualty, that you will either need to move away from the casualty, or move the casualty away from. Turn off anything electrical you suspect may be shocking the casualty, and move all cables or equipment using items made from things like wood or plastics. REMEMBER DONT BECOME A CASUALTY YOURSELF.
• Go away and get help, it may seem cold hearted to leave a person in need, but unless you're a trained medical practitioner, then you're aim is simply to prolong life until the professionals arrive. Making an emergency call will get those professionals there sooner. If you send someone to get help, then make sure they return to you, so you know for sure that help is on its way.

• Catastrophic bleeds, these roughly fall under the category of anything kind of limb amputation, anything that's squirting bright red blood, or the often harder to spot internal bleeds. These are by far the most serious kinds of injuries a casualty can sustain, and will be the quickest to kill a casualty. As far as internal bleeds go, you can only make the casualty comfortable, as the injuries are serious, and theres not much you can do. For injuries when the casualty is bleeding out, you'll need to firstly apply direct pressure to an artery, at a point closer to the heart than the bleed. This can require a great deal of force, and will cause discomfort to the casualty. Try to use something to pack any holes in the body or stumps. You've seen people in films tearing up their shirt to make bandages, now its your turn. And don't worry about sterile bandages, they'll die from bleeding well before they catch an infection from a pit-sweat soaked t-shirt. Treating this kind of injury will inevitably Unfortunately these kind of injuries really are life and death so all you can do is reassure the casualty, talk to them, and try to comfort them. Try to think of next it from their perspective, a friendly stranger in your last minutes is better than dying alone. I honestly hope you'll never have to ever deal with this kind of injury, but its better to have a plan.
• Airway and breathing problems are the next most serious as you can die from severe bleeding before a blocked airway. 90% of airway blockages and breathing difficulties in unconscious casualties will be due to the tongue, the rest being attributable to things like blood, vomit, foreign objects etc. Any debris blocking the airway should be removed if possible. Learning how to place a casualty in the recovery position will solve many breathing problems, and maintain the airway if the casualty starts breathing once the airway has been cleared. However if there is no airway blockage, or on clearing the airway the casualty is not breathing, then you will need to start basic life support (often called names such as BLS, CPR, mouth to mouth etc.) This is a highly physical procedure, and will leave you exhausted surprisingly quickly. Keep going for as long as you can, or until professional help arrives, if possible get extra people to help, and switch round, if you need to continue for an extended period of time.
• Next thing to worry about are smaller bleeds, using pressure, elevation, bandaging etc will help cover most smaller bleeds.
• Next on the list will be burns, cool the burns with cold clean water, and cover in loose damp dressings, never apply any kinds of ointments or creams. If the burns have a chemical nature, move the casualty well away from the source, and remember chemicals can give off fumes. Give sips of water if possible.
• Broken bones and dislocations, and be treated by various methods such as splinting and immobilisation.
• Shock can kill, but is easily treated by calming the casualty, and getting them to sit down. Also remember that witnesses to any accident may be suffering shock.

Those are the most serious things to look at, but remember there are other factors to bare in mind, such as exposure, heat stress, and cold injuries. Each casualty scenario will require different methods of treatment, and be flexible and improvise where necessary. As stated above your main task is to keep the casualty alive until professional help arrives.

Finally remember never give medication, even simple things like aspirin, as you are then prescribing drugs. If those drugs cause complications, you become accountable by law.