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First Aid
First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by a lay person to a sick or injured casualty until definitive medical treatment can be accessed.
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In the event of airway obstruction one should?
Signs: Coughing, holding throat, under pressure, difficulty in speech. Action to take: provide oxygen, encourage to cough, try to relax the victim, if obstructing object is visible - pull it out.
Signs: Breathless, holding throat, under pressure, red/blue face, not speaking.
Action to take:
# Call for an ambulance.
# Try to relax the victim # Check if obstructing object is visible - attempt to extract it.
# Heimlich maneuver. # Repeat 2-4 until professional help arrives.
for a child under the age of one year, conscious:
Have someone call for an ambulance, and then
# Check child's mouth for any foreign objects - clear any if found
# Turn the child face down on your arm (one leg on each side - so that he won't flip over) support his face with two fingers, one from each side of his mouth # Give 4-5 pats to the back (called the Gordon maneuver) # Place the child on a high and hard surface and give 4-5 chest thrusts (replaces the Heimlich maneuver given to older children and adults). The chest thrust is the same as the heart massage given in CPR. # repeat 1-4 until professional help arrives. Under the age of one year, unconscious:
# Turn the child face down on your arm (one leg on each side - so that he won't flip over) support his face with two fingers, one from each side of his mouth # Give 4-5 pats to the back (called the Gordon maneuver) # Place the child on a high and hard surface and give 4-5 chest thrusts (replaces the Heimlich maneuver given to older children and adults). The chest thrust is the same as the heart massage given in CPR. # Check child's mouth for any foreign objects - clear any if found
# Give two resuscitating breaths.
# repeat 1-5 until professional help arrives.
What are the treatments for stingray attacks?
remember water will not help for stings rub some alcholal rubbing thin or rinse the part that got stinged with vinegar and press lightly
You Burned your hand on a hot glue gun and it won't stop burning it is very painful?
Yes, very painful try not to touch the sides or metal part or you wil get a burn mark!
Choking is a medical emergency. When a person is choking, air cannot reach the lungs. If the airways cannot be cleared, death follows rapidly.
What does Emergency Medical System mean?
EMS (Emergency Medical System) is a network of community responders and health care workers that:
Recognise an emergency exists (general public or 1st responder)
Call 911 or local emergency number (general public or 1st responder)
Dispatch an ambulance (dispatcher)
Give emergency care (First Responder / EMTs / Paramedics)
ER care (doctors & nurses)
Rehab (PT & PTAs)
In the Air Cadets how do you get the St John Ambulance First Aid Badge?
First you have to ask your officer in command when he is proposing to hold a first aid training course. The course will be two days long (for the youth badge/ the red badge) then at the end of the seccond day you will have three exams, they consist of, CPR, recovery position and 'drsabcd' and the final once will be a scenario that one of the officers will make up. If you pass all three exams you become a qualified first aider. You will have to wait about three months to receive your well earned badge abd certificate.
Cdt Winsor.
Reposition your fingers, and apply firm pressure again until you feel the underlying bone.
Why the cover the burn area with dry and loose bandage?
You have the bandage loose so the burn has some air to heal and you don't have to put dry bandage you can put some creme on that's for burns instead but you do put dry bandage do the water or whatever does not fill the holes of the bandage
Why do first aid kits and pain pills help people?
because if they are injured or shot, use a first aid kit. if you have a ear, arm, leg or foot infection, use pain piils
To stop sever bleeding of the upper leg which pressure -point artery should you press on?
Femoral artery.
Can your eyes still move for 4 seconds after being decapitated?
No, once the brain is not active anymore, the eyes cannot move. This is the case even if a person is still alive but has no brain activity.
What is the appropriate emergency response to a Red Velvet Ant sting?
You probably only need emergency medical help if the person appears to be having an allergic reaction (hives, difficulty breathing, extreme swelling) or has been stung multiple times by multiple wasps. Otherwise basic first aid will suffice as while the sting is extremely painful it is not toxic. Clean the area with soap and water and remove any remaining parts of the insect. Apply an antibiotic cream and bandage. Keep clean until it heals.
What drug is given for nerve agent exposure if seizure activity is possible or is present?
There is a kit Called Mark I. It is carried by Paramedics and military medics mainly after sept 11, 2001. It is in the form of a autoinjection pen sort of like the epi pens carried by people with extreme allergies (bee stings, Peanuts ect...) There are two drugs. the first drug is atropine. Atropine works on the body to dry up the secretions caused by . the nerve agent. the second drug is pralidoxime chloride that helps the body block the nerve agent
you would also want a anti convulsant on hand. Versed is a strong benzo that is perferred. I hope that answed your question. I am a Paramedic that has recieved extensive training in nerve agens since that dreaded day in 2001. Good luck
What household items may be used as an emergency ice pack?
wet sheet or clothes,cold water,sponge with cold water
A bomb blast victim presents with nausea and abdominal pain?
A victim of a bomb blast should be taken to the hospital, regardless of symptoms. However, when the victim reports the presence of nausea and abdominal pain, it could indicate internal bleeding or something altogether unrelated to the explosion.
Does sleeping help your body heal from a wound?
No you could imagine every child is different in their own regards and when it came to bedtime he was on another level.
The first three months were fairly predictable. Every three hours up for feedings and changings. Around the four-month mark, it all changed.
Bedtime became dreadful. It was like he could sense it was coming and the hysterics would begin. Constant crying and screaming it was not only unbearable it was heartbreaking.
We were puzzled. We had never experienced episodes of this magnitude with our first two. When I say we tried everything we did.
Baths right before bed…….
Bottle of formula right before bed…
We even would let him “cry it out” as horrible as it sounds, it was.
After a couple of weeks of dealing with this, we had to find a solution.
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Which universal precautions should be taken to prevent infection whilst giving first aid?
Depends on the situation but consider the following
1. Wash your hands
2. Wear gloves
3. Use a mask when performing CPR
4. You may need other 'universal precautions' including goggles, face mask or apron... depending on what you're dealing with.
The most essential U.P. is 'wash your hands'.
How do you do closed fist bandaging?
Have the patient open their hand and place the padded part of the bandage on it with a small amount hanging over. Then, ask them to close their fist and stick their thumb out (this is so you can check their circulation later). Then wrap the bandage around their closed fist in a figure-of-eight. Then tie the ends together. You should then regularly press on the nail of the sticking out thumb. The nail-bed will go white, and then return to the usual pink. This should take 1 second. This method of checking circulation is called capillary refill.
What is the first aid when a child bite a Siberian hamster?
The same as any other treatment for an injured Siberian hamster.
Ideally you would have a team of three to do a proper logroll. If you do, follow these steps:
- One person holds the casualty's head between their hands, with their left hand on the right side of the head and their right hand on the left. This allows them to keep steady control of the head during the roll. Once this person takes hold of the head, they must keep the head absolutely still with regard to spinal cord movement and they CANNOT let go until the logroll is complete (although it is strongly recommended that the head-holder never lets go until the casualty is fully backboarded, in a tactical situation this may not be possible)
- The other two people get on the same side of the person (coordinate with the head-holder as to which side so that they know how to cross their arms in step 1) - you will be rolling the person towards you so make sure you have space
- Raise the casualty's arm closest to you (the two rollers) so that it is fully extended above their head (as though the casualty were raising their hand high to ask a question)
- The roller closest to the casualty's head places one hand on the casaulty's far shoulder and one hand on the far hip
- The second roller places one hand just above the casualty's far hip and their other hand on the casualty's far knee
- The person holding the head will count to three aloud. On three, the two rollers will slowly and smoothly roll the casualty's back towards them - (pulling their arms inwards) IN COORDINATION WITH the head-holder - until the casualty is fully on their back
I strongly suggest you get hands-on training for this before attempting it.
