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PREVENTION
INTRODUCTION
TO
FIRST AID
2.Second priority: -
Person for whom treatment and transportation may be
deferred such as: burns, fracture and back injuries.
3.Third Priority: -
Who may receive treatment and transportation last. These
include: minor fracture, minor bleeding, behavioral
disorder.
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2.1 Client management CON
Giving immediate and adequate
treatment
Action: If the cause of the condition is
still active, remove the cause.
E.g. A log of wood on the causalities leg,
contaminated clothing or remove the
causality from the cause, such as traffic,
fire, water, poisonous fumes. etc.
Treatment: Give the treatment you
consider essential to sustain life.
Emergency resuscitation,
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2.1 Client management CON
Promote recovery,
Reassure,
Give any other treatment needed,
Relieve pain,
Control bleeding and shock,
Prevent the condition from becoming worse
(complication),
Cover wounds,
Immobilize fractures, large wounds and any injured
part,
Place the casualty in correct and comfortable
position,
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2.1 Client management CON
Handle gently and carefully at all times,
Move as little as possible,
Protect from cold,
Transport the victim,
Convey the casualty without delay to home or to
hospital,
In a serious case inform a health personal,
A brief written report should accompany the causality
A tactful message should be sent to the family if
necessary to tell the family what was happened and
where he has been taken, unless it has been done by
the police or other authority.
Heimlinchi maneuver
Abdominal thrusts
P = Pulmonary (lungs)
R = Resuscitation (recover)
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Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Is a combination of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
and chest compressions that delivers oxygen and
artificial blood circulation to a person who is in
cardiac arrest.
Check ABC
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Start breathing
Speak
Vomiting
Abdominal distension
Rib fracture
Drowning
Circulatory collapse (shock)
Heart disease
Strangulation
Compression of the chest e.g. accident
Lung disease e.g. pneumonia
Poisoning by alcohol, barbiturate,
codeine etc.
Electrical shock
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2.3.4 Artificial respiration and
management of respiratory accident
Artificial respiration -is a procedure
for making air to flow into and out of
a persons lungs when his natural
breathing is inadequate or ceases.
Air is moved into and out of the
chest in a process called ventilation.