First Aid on the Farm

 First Response
– Know who to call
– Know appropriate information to give
dispatcher
 Provide care until EMS arrives
– Check airway (A)
– Check breathing (B)
– Check circulation (C)
Shock, Unconsciousness and
Fainting
 Signs
– Cold, clammy skin
– Pale face
– Chills
– Confusion
– Nausea or vomiting
 How to treat shock
 Lie the person down
 Elevate the legs
 Cover with a blanket
 Give fluids
 Choking
 Determine whether a person is choking
– Ask “Are you choking?”
– Send someone to call for help
– Perform the Heimlich Maneuver
 Heimlich Maneuver
 Wrap your arms around the victim’s waist
 Make a fist
 Place the thumb side of the fist on the abdomen
 Grasp the fist with the other hand
 Press the fist into the abdomen with quick upward
thrusts
 Repeat until the victim starts to breath or cough
 An Unconscious
Choking Victim
 Perform a finger
sweep
 Tilt the head/chin back
 Pinch the nose shut
 Seal your lips around
victim’s
 Give two full breaths
 Artificial Respiration

 If a person does not

respond
1. Yell for help
2. Put the person on their
back
3. Tilting back the head
and lifting the chin.
4. Clear the mouth of
obstruction
 Check for Breathing
 Look
 Listen
 Feel
 Give two full breaths
 Check pulse
 Continue rescue breathing 1 breath every 5
seconds
 Head, Spine, and Neck
Injuries
 Do not move the person

 Stabilize the body

 Prevent any movement of the head, neck

and spine
Broken Bones
 Place limb in natural position
 Extend splints beyond joints
 Use firm material for splint
 Pad splint
 Fasten with bandage or cloth at break and at
points along the splint
 Amputated limbs
 Recover amputated limb
 Rinse in clean water
 Wrap in wet towel
 Seal in plastic bag
 Cool severed part with ice
 Protecting the Pinky
•Wrapdigit in saline-
soaked gauze...

•…transport on ice
 Heat Exhaustion
 Results from
increased heart rate

 Occurs with poor

ventilation or

 Loss of body fluids

and salts
 Symptoms
 Fatigue
 Dizziness
 Clammy with normal
skin temperatures
 Treatment
 Move victim to a cool spot
 Give cool (not cold) water
 Rest
 Heat Stroke
 Result of body’s sweat glands shutting
down
 Symptoms
– Mental confusion
– Collapse
– Unconsciousness
– Fever
– Mottled skin
 Treatment
 Time is of the essence!
 Move victim to cool
place
 Pour cool water over
victim
 Fan victim until help
arrives
 Bleeding
 Put on gloves
 Use finger or hand
pressure
 Use a belt or bandage
to hold in place
 If bones are not
broken, elevate
bleeding body part
 Eye Injuries
 Foreign object
– Do not rub the eye
– Pull upper eyelid over lower eyelid
– Flush with water
– If unable to remove, cover both eyes with gauze
and seek medical attention
 Eye Injury
 Chemical Injury

– Flush eye with

water for 15
minutes

– Seek medical
attention
 Penetrating Eye Injuries
 Don’t remove object
 Don’t wash eye
 Cover both eyes with
gauze
 Keep victim on back
 Seek medical attention
 Transport on stretcher
Eyelid injuries
 Check eye for lacerations

 If bleeding apply pressure

 Apply cold

 Seek medical attention

 Blunt Eye Injuries
 Apply cold

 Dress with sterile bandage

 Transport on stretcher

 Seek medical attention

 Poisons
 If poison is a solid (e.g. pills)
– Cover finger in clean cloth
– Perform finger sweep and remove solid

 If poison is a gas
– Protect yourself with respirator
– Assist victim to fresh air
 Poisons
 If poison is a corrosive

– Remove clothing from

affected area

– Flush with water for 30

minutes
For any poisoning take with the
label when calling for help!!